President David Granger yesterday met with Hamley Case and Clarissa Riehl who have been appointed to head Guyana’s diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom (UK) and the Canada respectively.
A Ministry of the Presidency statement said that Riehl who departs Guyana for Canada on Friday said that the Head of State has given clear guidelines on the need to advance the country’s economic interests internationally.
“This is my first time as a diplomat but I intend to give this position my best shot and use my office to help push Guyana in very sense,” Riehl said.
Case, who is scheduled to arrive in the UK in two weeks, said that the concept of economic diplomacy is not new to him since as a member of the private sector he has always worked to attract foreign direct investments to Guyana.
“I plan to extend on my efforts in terms of contacting and befriending potential investors, trying to increase Guyana’s potential as a good host for investment. This is what I have been doing for myself and to be doing it for the nation is much more fulfilling and gratifying than just doing it for oneself as a businessman,” Case said, according to the Ministry of the Presidency.
