Diplomatic Circles

St. Kitts and Nevis foreign minister pushes for visa waiver in Ottawa visit

The Caribbean state is wondering why Canada maintains a visa requirement years after it says it’s cleaned up security problems with its citizenship program.
Mark Brantley, the foreign minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, was in Ottawa on June 14 to press Canadian officials to lift the visa requirement imposed in 2014.
Nearly four years after losing visa-free access to Canada, the government of a two-island Eastern Caribbean state is engaging in a full-court press to convince the Liberals the travel restrictions are an unnecessary burden for its citizens. Last week, St. Kitts and Nevis Foreign Minister Ma...

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