President defends foreign policy thrust

Irfaan Ali

Guyana’s foreign policy agenda continues to be very active and a number of programmes implemented have arisen from the relationships forged during engagements with over 60 world leaders, President Irfaan Ali last evening stated.

In a nearly 25-minute-long impromptu statement to the nation, Ali said that he wanted to frontally address questions from the opposition which were submitted to Parliament on his government’s foreign policy works.

“These things [foreign policy gains] don’t come by accident. These things come by strong work. When I leave this country to attend meetings and to represent Guyana, its round-the-clock work. And I go with the same conditions that any public servants go on. The same allowance, the president don’t get no special allowance,” Ali informed.