President Irfaan Ali this morning met with the Under Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, David Rutley at State House.
A release from the Office of the President said that discussions focused on the continuation and expansion of the relationship between the UK and Guyana, especially in areas of sustainable and economic development and security.
Rutley, the UK Minister for the Americas, was accompanied by the FCDO’s Americas Director, Robert Tinline and the United Kingdom’s High Commissioner to Guyana, Jane Miller.
The visit comes in the wake of the tension created on Guyana’s western boarder as a result of Venezuelan aggression.
Before embarking on his visit, Reuters reported him as saying “I am (going to) Guyana… to offer the UK’s unequivocal backing to our Guyanese friends… The border issue has been settled for more than 120 years… We welcome the recent agreement by Venezuela… to refrain from the use of force and any further escalation.”
