The attacks by government officials on foreign diplomats do not reflect favourably on Guyana and do not promote Guyana’s interests, outgoing British High Commissioner to Guyana Andrew Ayre has said.
“In general terms, I’m concerned about what the western diplomatic community now calls ‘blasts’ that we occasionally get, either when we arrive or when we leave. Not so much on a personal level; I have broad shoulders and when those ‘blasts’ have no basis in fact then, they don’t really have much impact…but where the impact happens is in capitals,” Ayre told Stabroek News in an interview at the British High Commission on Friday.
“Brent Hardt, my US colleague and I have received quite significant ‘blasts’ send-offs. This looks bad in Washington, it looks bad in London and I have to wonder how that promotes Guyana’s interests in two of the key five countries in the world. I would argue strongly that it doesn’t promote Guyana’s interests in these countries and my recommendation would be
