TRILATERAL BETWEEN GUYANA, SURINAME AND BARBADOS

His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali attended a trilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Barbados, the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley and the President of the Republic of Suriname, His Excellency Chandrikapersad Santokhi at the Marriott Hotel this afternoon.

The leaders are looking to advance collaboration among the nations.

At the opening ceremony of the ‘International Energy Conference and Expo Guyana’, this morning, President Ali reminded that Guyana and Barbados are looking to twin their tourism product and to remove hindrances to trade and the movement of people.

Suriname and Guyana are also looking to enhance trade and cross-border transport while along with Brazil, will work on developing an energy corridor.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Honourable Hugh Todd and his Barbadian and Surinamese counterparts, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the Honourable Jerome Walcott and Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation, the Honourable Albert Ramdin along with Guyana’s Foreign Secretary, Robert Persaud and Director of Projects at the Office of the President, Marcia Nadir-Sharma were also at the meeting.