Granger discusses border controversy with India PM

President David Granger in discussion with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whom he briefed on Guyana’s ongoing border controversy with Venezuela at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

President David Granger on Thursday held talks with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he began the first of a series of bilateral meetings with visiting Heads of Government participating in the 70th United Nations General Assembly in New York.

According to a Ministry of the Presidency statement, Granger told members of the Guyanese press corps afterwards that the ongoing border controversy with Venezuela was discussed with Prime Minister Modi and he also said he was willing to meet with his Venezuelan counterpart President Nicolas Maduro at a meeting being organised