An­tigua and Bar­bu­da’s For­eign Af­fairs Min­is­ter has raised red flags over a per­ceived lack of clear diplo­mat­ic pro­to­col in the Caribbean af­ter learn­ing that for­mer prime min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley passed through the coun­try with­out the gov­ern­ment’s knowl­edge.

As the un­ex­pect­ed stopover con­tin­ues to make re­gion­al head­lines, Min­is­ter Chet Greene al­so ex­pressed re­gret that his coun­try has been drawn in­to what he de­scribed as a lo­cal po­lit­i­cal mat­ter.

On Mon­day, Row­ley claimed his name was placed on an In­ter­pol watch list, af­ter be­ing stopped by im­mi­gra­tion of­fi­cials at An­tigua’s VC Bird In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port on Ju­ly 13 while en route to Montser­rat.