New US envoy accredited

President David Granger shares a toast with newly-accredited United States Ambassador Perry Holloway yesterday

Over a year after the last US ambassador to Guyana departed local shores, new envoy Perry Holloway presented his Letter of Credence to President David Granger yesterday and committed to work to remove obstacles to national development.

“The United States of America stands ready to work with our Guyanese friends to eliminate impediments to national development,” Holloway said. He said that his government stands ready to work with Guyana not only on democracy building but in the holistic development of the nation.

He referred to Granger’s inaugural address to the nation upon being elected president earlier this year, saying it was a clarion call to the international community. “You reminded us both of the historic divisions that have marred the development of this society and the need for all of