Georgetown, Guyana– (October 1, 2018) President David
Granger, this evening, said that Guyana shares a common desire with China to deepen and strengthen economic relations and trade as he noted that China plays a key role in the country’s development.
The Head of State was at the time speaking at a reception held in honour of the Chinese National Day, which was held at the New Thriving Restaurant, Providence. In his remarks, President Granger said that since Guyana and China established diplomatic relations in June 1972, the two states have maintained mutually beneficial, high level and friendly relations for forty six years based on mutual respect, mutual non-interference in each other’s internal affairs and cooperation for mutual benefit.
“Guyana recalls its principled support for United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 of October 1971 which recognized the representatives of the government of the People’s Republic of China as “the only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations.” Relations have been cemented through continuous cooperation in culture, defence, education, energy, health, infrastructure, medicine, mining and other fields. This was most evident during the recent visit of His Excellency, Wang Yi, State Councillor and Minister of Foreign Affairs. During that visit Guyana and China seized the opportunity to strengthen
our programme of cooperation for the mutual benefit of both states,” he said. The President noted that Chinese grant resources support teachers’ training, it’s assistance to the nation’s ICT sector will improve national telecommunications and Chinese materiel has helped the recapitalization of the Defence and Police Forces.
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