Natural resources ministry to ensure stronger monitoring of diamond trade -Persaud

The Government of Guyana will not condone the flouting of the requirements of the Kimberley Process (KP) and aims to implement additional measures and regulations to ensure Guyana’s diamonds for export are legitimate, conflict free and not contaminated.

This is according to a statement from Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud, following the seeming loss of credibility of the Kimberley Process (KP) with the exit of a major NGO.

Persaud was contacted by this