Kamla ‘not worried’ about persona non grata issue ahead of planned Venezuela talks at UNGA

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says she is “not wor­ried” about the diplo­mat­ic chal­lenges sur­round­ing her planned meet­ing with Venezuela’s act­ing Pres­i­dent Del­cy Ro­dríguez at the up­com­ing Unit­ed Na­tions Gen­er­al As­sem­bly.

Per­sad-Bisses­sar con­firmed yes­ter­day that arrange­ments for the meet­ing have been fi­nalised, as she re­spond­ed to ques­tions from re­porters out­side Par­lia­ment about her up­com­ing trip to New York.

“That arrange­ment has been fi­nalised. We are sched­uled to meet lat­er in the week,” the Prime Min­is­ter said.