US says it requested no request for alternate parade route

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The United States Wednesday said it had not requested any change to the parade route for this year’s Carnival celebrations, even as it “appreciated” the Trinidad and Tobago government’s commitment to security for diplomatic missions.
Carnival celebrations will climax with the street parade on February 10-11 and in a brief statement, the US Embassy here said that it had seen “reports about a request that the 2013 Carnival Parade route not pass by the U.S. Embassy”.
The National Carnival Commission (NCC) in a statement said during a December 27 meeting, members of the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival Bands Association (TTCBA) had raised concerns about the US Embassy’s proposed “ban” on bands passing outside its building on Queen’s Park West, on the outskirts of the capital.