Cabinet commends President for forging even closer ties with India
CABINET Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday reported that Cabinet this week commended President Donald Ramotar on the developments that arose during and subsequent to his visit to India from January 5 to 13.
The President had been invited to deliver the feature address at the annual Indian Diaspora event which was held this year in Gujarat.
Speaking at his weekly post-Cabinet press conference at the Office of the President, in Georgetown, Dr Luncheon said President Ramotar met the Prime Minister and other high-ranking members of the Indian Government, and both sides recognised the continued emphasis that was being placed on the development of ties between the two countries.
The visit did concentrate on economic and developmental ties, and to that extent, Cabinet noted the support that the Indian Government continued to offer Guyana.
“In Gujarat and in Mumbai, the President and the delegation met segments of the Indian private sector, and indeed were able to obtain from the Indian Government and those engagements, commitments on the establishment, the construction of an IT (Information Technology) Centre of Excellence; a commitment made for its soon establishment; the recognition of Guyana and its agricultural potential; and the use of gasification of rice husk as a provision of renewable energy,” Dr Luncheon said.
The Guyana delegation, which included members of the Guyana private sector, also held their own consultations, their own meetings, with their Indian colleagues as they sought to foster economic ties between the two countries.
Cabinet has since recognised the need to follow up on these developments, and accorded the responsibilities to the various sectors to ensure that those developments were brought to bear and the intent fulfilled in the shortest possible time,” said Luncheon.
