Guyana, Antigua ink MoU on sidelines of 25 x 2025 forum

Guyana’s President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali and Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Office of the President picture)

Assuming that the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Guyana and sister Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member country, Antigua, benefits from the requisite follow up which has been sadly lacking in these kinds of pursuits here in the region, then a new chapter could well begin in relations between the two countries that could, in some respects, serve as an example for the rest of the region. One makes this point conscious of the fact that agreements reached on a range of issues, not least some of those that have had to do with strengthening regional food security have ‘crashed and burned’ amidst a plethora of pronouncements regarding just how important those initiatives were to the forward movement of the Caribbean which have borne no fruit.