As
UK Envoy to
Jordan Calls
Sudan's
Airport Worst,
What Was He
Doing There?
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
November 30 --
When the UK's
Ambassador
to Jordan
publicly
opines that in
his experience
the airport in
Khartoum,
Sudan is the
worst in the
world, is
it a form of
naming and
shaming? Or
does it
just given
rise to the
question, what
was Ambassador
Peter Millett
DOING in
Khartoum?
Earlier
today
Millett
tweeted,
"Which is your
worst #airport
in the
world? For me
it's #Khartoum
Last week it
was hot, dirty
and devoid
of any
information or
welcome."
Inner
City Press has
been in the
Khartoum
airport, and
like many
around the
world it
leaves a lot
to be desired.
But the lack
of diplomacy
seemed
noteworthy, so
when Inner
City Press saw
Millett's
tweet it
replied
from @InnerCityPress,
"This
is classic UK
diplomacy."
This
in turn was picked up by
the Sudan
Tribune,
which also
asked, what
was Millett
doing in
Sudan? Millett
meanwhile has
replied only
to an
ICT consultant
who follows,
what else, the
Queen Alia
International
Airport in
Amman, Jordan
where Millett
is based.
What's
next,
Millett's
review of
refugee camps?
We'll
be happy to
publish what
he puts out. Watch
this site.
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