President David Granger yesterday said that Guyana will look to the Swiss Confederation for its support and expertise in implementing this country’s ‘Green’ Economy Action Plan.
A release from the Ministry of the Presidency said that the President was at the time speaking at the Accreditation Ceremony for the new non-resident Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation to Guyana, Didier Chassot at State House. The Ambassador will be based in Venezuela.
Granger noted that Guyana and the Swiss Confederation have enjoyed 40 years of cordial relations and these ties were further strengthened with the establishment, last year, of an Embassy in Geneva.
“The Embassy will give further impetus to enhancing the growing bilateral and multilateral relations between our two countries. Guyana and the Swiss Confederation are enjoined by our shared values of mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, mutual non-interference in each other’s internal affairs, cooperation for mutual benefit, respect for treaties and international law and the maintenance of international peace and security. We are willing to cooperate and collaborate with the Swiss Confederation and other countries in finding workable solutions to global threats,” President Granger said.
In his remarks, the Ambassador said: “My country works steadfastly to develop friendly, respectful and mutually interesting relations with other countries all over the world. In addition to the relations with our neighbours and partners in Europe, Switzerland’s Foreign Policy centres around the alleviation of need and poverty in the world, the promotion and respect for human rights and democracy, the peaceful coexistence of peoples as well as the conservation of natural resources. My country is committed to peace and security. Today more than ever we are facing global challenges, which we can only meet by strengthening worldwide cooperation,” he said.
