DOOKERAN ON UK AND US POLICY

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Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Founder and Former Political Leader of the Congress of the People Winston Dookeran says going tit for tat with the Trump Administration is a bad idea.  He was speaking in relation to the US threat to revoke or refuse US Visa's to persons in countries that accept Cuban doctors.  More from Nicole M Romany.

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00:00Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has said he will not cower under the pressure of

00:05threats from the United States. He as well as the Barbados Prime Minister

00:10Mir Motley have publicly stated that they are willing to forfeit their US

00:15visas if that is what it takes to ensure that the sovereignty of their countries

00:20is respected. However today Mr. Dukkaran gave his perspective on how to approach

00:26the situation.

00:27We should not ignore the issue nor do we have to respond on a tit-for-tat approach with the United States President.

00:35That will be a wrong decision. But we should in fact do forcefully stand up in defense of our sovereign rights

00:45and we should do so at the right diplomatic channels and to the right diplomatic processes

00:50most of which will take place behind closed doors in the first instance.

00:55He tells TV6 he does not agree with the way the Trump administration is handling the matter.

01:02We have had a long relationship with Cuba and its medical personnel over the years

01:08and from my understanding it has served us well and I think it is not really appropriate

01:17for someone in the exercise of their sovereign rights to deny the sovereign rights of another country.

01:26With regard to the new UK visa policy he believes it is not a policy issue.

01:32He says it's more of an empirical situation requiring an urgent meeting.

01:38The levels at which it will take place will change depending on the nature of the discussion

01:43but certainly at the level of the Foreign Minister and the level of the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom

01:49an immediate discussion and dialogue should take place.

01:54Nicole M Romani, TV6 News.

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