Career diplomat Keith George on November 23rd presented his Letters of Credence to Mary J. May Simon, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of Canada, during a ceremony at her Residence at the Citadelle of Québec, Quebéc City.
A release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that High Commissioner George has an extensive foreign service career spanning twenty-nine years, including his recent ten-year tenure as the Ambassador of Guyana to Suriname.
At the conclusion of the formal ceremony, the release said that George met with the Canadian Governor General during which the cordial relations between Guyana and Canada and shared values of democracy were noted. George and the Governor General also discussed issues relating to combating climate change and building climate change resilience, indigenous peoples’ welfare, food security and the importance of agriculture and general economic and social matters of mutual bilateral interest.
George was accompanied to the ceremony by his spouse, Anita Kapildeo and Cindy Sauers, Counsellor, Guyana High Commission in Ottawa, Canada.
