FOREIGN MINISTER ATTENDS 12TH SESSION OF THE WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE (MC12

The Honourable Hugh Hilton Todd, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on 12 June 2022, attended the opening ceremony of the 12th Session of the WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12) which is being held from 12 to 15 June, 2022, at the WTO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

The opening ceremony was held under the chairmanship of the Honourable Mr. Timur Suleimenov of Kazakhstan.

Ministers and Heads of Delegation were also addressed by the WTO Director-General Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and His Excellency Didier Chambovey, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the WTO and the Chair of the WTO’s General Council.

Guyana’s Delegation to the MC12 is being led by Minister Todd who is accompanied by Ms. Bevon McDonald, Director of Foreign Trade Department (ag.) Mr. Paul Kalekyezi, Trade Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; Ms. Kerrlene Wills, Chargé d’Affaires a.i., and Mr. Colin Luckie, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Guyana in Geneva.