Guyana and Japan discuss deepening commercial and trade ties

With Guyana’s economy continuing to expand rapidly, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh today met with the State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr. Iwao Horii and a Japanese team at the Ministry of Finance to discuss deepening the commercial and trade ties between the two countries so that Japan can partner with Guyana on its massive development trajectory. Mr. Horii was accompanied by the non-resident Ambassador of Japan to Guyana, His. Excellency Akima Umezawa and other officials. During the meeting Minister Singh was accompanied by a team from the Finance Ministry.

The two teams, in underscoring the long-standing and highly valued bilateral partnership between Guyana and Japan, also elaborated on furthering their partnership in several sectors. Minister Singh noted that this was especially since Guyana is undergoing rapid economic transformation and expansion across all sectors as he highlighted the timely opportunity for the two countries to work together at various levels.

“We will be very interested in exploring how we can achieve deeper and more economic and commercial and trade ties, and having more Japanese companies present in Guyana, and we’re happy to speak with you about how that can be achieved. We feel that your visit sends a very clear signal at a very high level of the Japanese commitment to deepen this relationship,” Minister Singh pointed out.