Senior EU official for three-day visit to Guyana

Jolita Butkeviciene

Director of Latin America and the Carib-bean of the European Commission’s Directorate for Development and Cooperation (DEVCO), Jolita Butkeviciene is to begin a three-day working visit here today in order to assess Guyana’s capacity to improve in its development cooperation relations with the European Union.

During her visit Butkeviciene is scheduled to meet President Donald Ramotar, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh, Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn and Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman.

The European Union said in a press release that she is also expected to meet Leader of the Opposition David Granger, private sector representatives, ambassadors of neighbouring countries, the