UNC MP: TT’s foreign policy in shambles

In a statement, Charles said Turkish President Recep Erdogan will be in New York this week to attend the United Nations Assembly.

However, he said, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley will not be attending. Charles, who served as TT ambassador to the UN under the former People’s Partnership government, said it was unlikely Erdogan would meet with Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister Dennis Moses who is leading this country’s delegation at the Assembly.

At a post-Cabinet news conference at the Office of the Prime Minister in St Clair on September 1, Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs, Stuart Young, said eight of the nine people detained last month by Turkish authorities had TT passports in their possession.

Young said Government’s national security channels are looking into the issue of the TT passports and whether the holders are in fact TT citizens. He said the circumstances of their detention is still unknown and Government is awaiting official response from the Turkish Government on this matter.