Guyana’s poor image at the Dakar OIC Summit

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Dear Editor,

In a Stabroek News editorial comment to my letter titled “Least developed countries like Guyana can benefit from the Organization of Islamic Conference” (08.03.15) regarding the OIC Summit in Dakar, Senegal it was stated, “We have been informed that Guyana’s Ambassador to India, Mr Ronald Gajraj, and Mr Fazeel Ferouz, President of the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), attended the Summit.” I was also informed by the OIC and Senegal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Mr Ronald Gajraj was expected to represent Guyana at the just concluded summit. Here again we have witnessed another diplomatic fiasco by the Guyana Ministry of Foreign Affairs due to bad planning and micro-management. If the Guyanese delegation was formalised in advance and travel arrangements were made in a timely manner this poor image that Guyana displayed at Dakar could have been avoided……


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