The Attorney General said the US Embassy is deliberately delaying the visa approvals to key state representatives which is resulting in people being unable to attend crucial international meetings.
Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said Fiji’s voice is not being heard in the important meetings due to this action by the American Embassy.
Sayed-Khaiyum said the delays are clearly deliberate although visa applications by the people concerned have been lodged within the specified period of time.
The government has strongly denounced the failure by the US embassy to provide Fiji’s Chief Justice Anthony Gates with a visa to represent Fiji at the 9th Session of Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
The meeting is being held from today to the 10th of December at the UN headquarters in New York and the invitation was extended to Fiji by the ICC.
Meanwhile, the US Embassy is yet to comment on the matter.
Story by: Vijay Narayan
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