{"id":187922,"date":"2017-08-23T08:48:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T12:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=187922"},"modified":"2017-08-23T12:03:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T16:03:36","slug":"uwp-calls-for-dominican-resident-ambassador-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/politics\/uwp-calls-for-dominican-resident-ambassador-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"UWP calls for Dominican resident ambassador to China"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The UWP held a press conference on Tuesday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Members of the United Workers Party (UWP), who have just returned from a trip to China, have urged the government of Dominica to immediately appoint a Dominican resident ambassador to that Asian country.<\/p>\n

They spoke at a press conference on Tuesday, August 22.<\/p>\n

Leader of the party, Lennox Linton said such an ambassador should be a Dominica national “who did not purchase his\/her citizenship.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe urge the government to immediately appoint a suitably qualified and competent Dominican National (who did not purchase his\/her citizenship) to serve as Dominica\u2019s Resident Ambassador to China and thereby restore the integrity of government\u2019s faith in the importance of diplomatic relations with Beijing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Linton noted that \u201cit was confirmed,\u201d notwithstanding the growing number of Dominican students in China, and the \u201chuge potential for more productive socio-economic engagements,\u201d there is still no move towards Dominica having a Resident Ambassador to China even after Ambassador David Hsiu demitted office in 2009.<\/p>\n

He noted further that the fact of Dominica not having a Dominican ambassador to China is made worse when coupled with the other point that in 2015, the ruling Dominica Labour Party was \u201cworking overtime\u201d to create diplomatic relations with Malaysia so that \u201caccused Iranian criminal\u201d Alireza Monfared could be made Dominica\u2019s Resident Ambassador.<\/p>\n

Linton said that he believes having a \u201cResident Ambassador to China\u201d can be seen as the \u201cright thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government says to the people of Dominica that the relationship with China is important, and they started a relationship with an ambassador in Beijing with Davis Hsiu in 2004. In 2009 he demitted office, in 2017, we still have no ambassador after Ambassador David Shu\u2026If the relationship with China is important, you would think that you want to have an ambassador down there with regard to the number of engagements that we are involved and expect to continue to be involved in,\u201d Linton remarked.<\/p>\n

His position was supported by MP for Salisbury Hector John, who said that after speaking with \u201cabout three Dominican students\u201d in China, one of the major concerns that they left with him was them having great difficulty knowing who they can turn to for assistance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had the opportunity to contact Dominican students, just trying to have an interaction with them but because of the time limit, we did not meet with them. I think going forward, as Mr. Linton said, that is one of the major concerns they (students) have difficulty in, who they can turn to really assist them and this is one of the concerns that they left with me,\u201d John said.<\/p>\n

John added that it is \u201cvery critical\u201d to have an ambassador to particularly address the concerns of the over 100 Dominican students who study in China.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing forward in terms of our students\u2019 representation up there, our country, the agreement that we have with China, it would be very critical for us to have an ambassador up there\u2026We have in excess of a hundred students up there, if they have any concerns, who are they going to turn to?…,\u201d John said.<\/p>\n

He remarked that hopefully when the Opposition delegation returns to China, they will raise this concern with \u201cthe people who had us up there\u201d by meeting with them and having a dialogue with them.<\/p>\n

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