Deputy Premier and Minister of Education, Youth, Sports, Culture, Hon. Akierra Missick left the Turks and Caicos Islands on June 11, 2013 to represent the Premier Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing at several meetings in the United Kingdom.
Whilst in London, the Minister is scheduled to attend a bilateral meeting with Hon. Mark Simmonds, Foreign and Commonwealth Minister for the Overseas Territories and will join more than 150 delegates at a pre-G8 conference hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at Lancaster House on Saturday June 15, 2013.
The meeting is being held ahead of the G8 summit, the annual meeting of the leaders of the world’s eight wealthiest nations, at the Lough Erne Resort in Northern Ireland, June 17 to 18. It will bring together heads of Government and Ministers from non-G8 countries; ministerial representatives from each G8 partner country; Chief Ministers and Premiers from the Overseas Territories and Senior representatives from the private sector, International Organisations and Non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
The Minister will return to the Turks and Caicos Islands on June 16th 2013
