His Excellency President Dr Irfaan Ali attended a dinner meeting hosted by members of the United States of American Congressional Caribbean Caucus at Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, on Wednesday night.

In attendance were representative of New York, Congressman Gregory Meeks; Representative for Illinois' First Congressional District, Jonathan Jackson; Representative for New York's 9th congressional district, Yvette Clarke; Representatives from Texas's 9th district, Al Green, representative for Ohio's 3rd congressional district Joyce Beatty, and Ben Crump, Leading Civil Rights Lawyer, among others.

President Ali was joined by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Honourable Hugh Todd; the Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, the Honourable Oneidge Walrond; Foreign Secretary, Robert Persaud; National Security Advisor, Captain Gerry Gouveia and Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier Omar Khan.