Guyana, Russia celebrate 45 years of diplomatic ties

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Flashback: April 30, 1971, Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to Guyana S.S.Mikhailov (right) presenting his credentials to the then President of Guyana, Arthur Chung.
Flashback: April 30, 1971, Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to Guyana S.S.Mikhailov (right) presenting his credentials to the then President of Guyana, Arthur Chung.

On December 17, 1970, Guyana and what was known then as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, established diplomatic relations making it the first such for a Commonwealth Caribbean country.

Guyana’s Foreign Minister, Carl Greenidge and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov recently exchanged congratulatory correspondence in celebration of the occasion.

Greenidge in a December 16 letter to Lavrov said that the relationship has been nurtured at