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Guyana delegation visiting a Pivot Irrigation System display

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) Owen Verwey has proffered an upbeat assessment of the recent visit to Brazil by a delegation of functionaries from a number of state agencies at the invitation of the Federation of Industries of the State of Roraima, which, his assessment suggests, points to the likelihood of a closer cooperation between the two countries in various key areas of key mutual economic interest.

The assessment of the visit afforded this newspaper by Verwey pointed particularly to the engagements between Guyanese and Brazilian officials on possibilities for cooperation in the area of agriculture, including visits to several farms in the State of Roraima. He said these visits “afforded the Guyanese officials