On December 17, 1970, Guyana and what was known then as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, established diplomatic relations making it the first such for a Commonwealth Caribbean country.
Guyana’s Foreign Minister, Carl Greenidge and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov recently exchanged congratulatory correspondence in celebration of the occasion.
Greenidge in a December 16 letter to Lavrov said that the relationship has been nurtured at
