Guyana and India today (Tuesday) signed three agreements namely, Renewable Energy, Cultural Exchange Programme and Framework Agreement on International Solar Alliance, following bilateral talks between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge in New Delhi, India.
The Guyanese delegation also presented the Instrument of Ratification of the International Solar Alliance.
Greenidge was accompanied by a 4-member delegation including the Minister of Natural Resources and the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Guyana, the subsequent discussions focused on further strengthening India-Guyana bilateral relations, through cooperation in capacity building, promotion of business and trade, enhancement of people to people contact, cooperation on pharmaceuticals and sharing India’s experience in Information Technology by setting up IT Centres of Excellence in Georgetown.
Views were also exchanged on regional and multilateral issues such as climate change, solar alliance and UNSC reforms.
Guyana’s delegation will also have discussions with the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and MoS for Renewable Energy for further strengthening trade between the two countries.
India and Guyana will complete 50 years of their full diplomatic relations this year.
