Foreign mission heads in strategic summit to improve diplomacy

President David Granger (right) greeting veteran Guyanese diplomat and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sir Shridath Ramphal (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

The heads of Guyana’s foreign missions were yesterday urged to vigorously pursue the country’s national interests, including the protection of the rights of citizens in the diaspora when a five-day summit to improve the country’s diplomacy opened.

The Heads of Mission Conference, which is the second of its kind to be organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, opened at the Pegasus Hotel yesterday under the theme ‘Advancing Guyana’s Diplomacy in the 21st Century.’

According to Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge, given the fact that the administration is