President David Granger yesterday said that globall partnerships to fight terrorism cannot exclude small states, since conflict affecting a small state can endanger the peace of all countries.
The Head of State, who was at the time speaking on the side lines of the Arab-Islamic-American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, said that the majority of the states of the world can be described as small states and, as such, the world cannot be made safe without addressing the threats faced by those countries. “The international community, therefore, must be encouraged to work towards the establishment of a global security system, which would provide protection for small and large states,” the President said, according to a release from the Ministry of the Presidency.
Granger added that small states like Guyana, lacking the means to combat transnational threats, such as terrorism,