Finance Minister dodging questions about Saudi desk, investment in Guyana

Flashback: Badr Al Badr, Deputy Minister for Investors Outreach at the Engagement addressing a gathering at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre back in July (Office of the President photo)

Ever since the Irfaan Ali-led government took office in 2020, Guyana has been hosting a number of foreign investment missions with very little to no announcements of actual investments.

For over two months now, Stabroek News have been trying to get the government to confirm whether the promised ‘Saudi Arabia Desk’ in the Ministry of Finance has been set up and what investments may materialize from the high-profile July 9th Guyana–Saudi Arabia Investment Engagement.

The aim of the engagement was furthering investments from the Kingdom in Guyana.