Guyana yesterday clinched two agreements with Brazil relating to the long-sought road to Lethem and mitigating droughts in Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo).
The agreements were sealed during President David Granger’s visit to Brazil which began on Wednesday.
According to a release from the Ministry of the Presidency, the two agreements are the Comple-mentary Agreement to the Memorandum of Under-standing between the two countries which creates the “Guyana-Brazil Joint Commission to Develop Infrastructure Projects” and the Complementary Agreement to the Basic Agreement on Technical Cooperation between the two countries for the Implementation of the Project “Technologies to Reduce the Effects of the Drought in Region 9 of Guyana.”