President David Granger on Monday met with Halim Majeed, who has been appointed to head Guyana’s Diplomatic Mission in Cuba.
The Ministry of the Presidency said in a release that Majeed was scheduled to depart for Havana yesterday.
Majeed said in the release that upon his arrival in Cuba, one of his first tasks will be to conduct a thorough evaluation of the work of Guyana’s embassy there.
“The President would like to see our national interest being vigorously promoted and he spoke about meeting with CARICOM Ambassadors. His instruction to me [is] to meet with all of the CARICOM and Latin American Ambassadors and, as time goes by, to meet the diversity of Ambassadors in Havana,” Majeed said.
He said he was also asked by the President to strengthen the embassy and pay special interest to bilateral trade with Cuba.
“The President believes that Guyana and Cuba can resuscitate the old relations we had in terms of trade and development, so he wants me to pay close attention to investments, trade and similar matters,” he said.