Monday President Irfaan Ali met with the Under Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom (UK), the Honourable David Rutley at State House.
Discussions focused on the continuation and expansion of the relationship between the UK and Guyana, especially in areas of sustainable and economic development and security.
Mr Rutley, the UK Minister for the Americas, was accompanied by the FCDO’s Americas Director, Robert Tinline and the United Kingdom’s High Commissioner to Guyana, HE Jane Miller.
Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) the Honourable Mark Phillips; Senior Minister within the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, the Honourable Dr Ashni Singh; Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Honourable Hugh Todd; National Security Advisor, Captain Gerry Gouveia; Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Omar Khan and the Director of Presidential Affairs, Mrs Marcia Nadir-Sharma were also part of the meeting.
