His Excellency President Dr Irfaan Ali hosted a dinner meeting for the Chinese Ambassador to Guyana, HE Guo Haiyan and her team at State House last evening.

Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret'd) the Honourable Mark Phillips; Vice President, the Honourable Dr Bharrat Jagdeo; Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Honourable Hugh Todd; Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, the Honourable Oniedge Walrond; Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, the Honourable Susan Rodrigues; and Foreign Secretary, Robert Persaud were also at the dinner meeting.

Guyana became the first English-speaking Caribbean country to establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China in 1972.