The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) wants government to better position the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to play a more central role in promoting Guyana as a location for foreign investment and as a destination for tourism as part of the push to build the country’s economy.
The GCCI’s view that the Foreign Ministry can do much more to promote the country’s economic interests abroad was made by its President Clinton Urling during a media briefing on Tuesday to launch the chamber’s first ever Competitiveness Manifesto.
The manifesto contains what the chamber says are the 20 key barriers to Guyana’s competitiveness and includes strengthening foreign economic diplomacy. Noting th
at “Guyana’s foreign policy and international relations should be strengthened to
