Speculation is rife that Grenada¹s female Ambassador to the United Nations, Ruth Rouse is being recalled home to work in St. George¹s.

According to a well-placed source, Rouse was informed of the move during a recent trip home on holiday. No reason was given for the decision of the Keith Mitchell-led government to recall the female ambassador.

However, speculation is rife that the ruling New National Party (NNP) government might be looking for a more politically inclined and motivated person to head the New York Mission with general elections two years away. There have also been unconfirmed reports that relations are less than warm between Ambassador Rouse and one of the key NNP operatives inside the mission, Allen Mc Guire.

It is not clear how soon Ambassador Rouse might be returning home and about her new assignment. The post of Chief of Protocol is known to be vacant since the last holder Ann-Marie Marryshow was transferred to another position within the public service

Ambassador Rouse gained rapid promotion within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since the advent of the Mitchell government in office in mid-1995. She often travelled with the Grenadian leader on several overseas trips before he posted her to London as the Island¹s High Commissioner.

She was sent to replace Marcelle Gairy who quit the post and later accused Prime Minister Mitchell of entering into a controversial 100 million U.S "promissory notes" with some shady characters in Europe. Rouse in known to have accompanied Prime Minister Mitchell on a trip to several European capitals in the late 1990¹s on the private jet that was put at his disposal by the controversial Viktor Kozeny known internationally as "The Pirate of Prague".

Kozeny, now facing extradition proceedings from the Bahamas to the U.S on fraud charges, had managed to land a post as Ambassador-at-large for the Spice Isle. Ambassador Rouse is a career diplomat with over 20 years experience in the public service of Grenada.