Ministers from both Holyrood and Westminster should work together to promote Scotland at “every opportunity”, Scotland Office minister John Lamont has said.
The Conservative MP is part of a UK Government delegation visiting New York for the annual Tartan Week celebrations – with UK politicians taking part after being absent for several years.
Angus Robertson, the Scottish Government Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, is also in the American city for the annual event, which is marking its 25th anniversary this year.