President cancels Trinidad trip
President Janet Jagan has cancelled a planned trip to Trinidad and Tobago, since she wishes to remain in Guyana because of the current strike in the public service and to stay close to ongoing negotiations that could restore normality. A release from the Guyana Information Services (GIS) stated that the president was invited to the twin island for a one-day Hindu women's conference, which is scheduled for today. Instead, the President will be represented at the conference by Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Indra Chandarpal. According to the GIS release, the President was invited by the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha to deliver a paper on the "Changing role of women". The sabha said that it regarded the President as "the senior-most women leader and politician is the Caribbean region," GIS stated. GIS said Mrs Jagan expressed regret at not being able to leave Guyana at this time, but conveyed best wishes to the conference for great successes in setting the agenda on women's issues in Trinidad and Tobago. It also stated that the Guyanese leader had earlier called off a scheduled trip to Mexico because of the strike situation at home. She was invited to Mexico to attend the XIII Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Rio Group. The meeting, which was held during May 28-29, was attended by Foreign Minister, Clement Rohee, and Ambassador of Guyana to Venezuela, Bayney Karran.
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