Harmon, US Embassy’s Charge d’Affaires meet on no-confidence motion

Minister of State Joseph Harmon (left) met with Charge d’Affaires of the US Embassy Terry Steers-Gonzalez last week Friday. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

State Minister Joseph Harmon has said he recently briefed Charge d’Affaires of the United States Embassy Terry Steers-Gonzalez on the no-confidence motion against government and subsequent developments.

The Ministry of the Presidency last Friday released a photograph of the two men at a meeting but no further details were provided.

Approached after the opening ceremony of the Guyana Defence Force’s Annual Officers’ Conference at State House on Thursday, Harmon disclosed that the meeting was one of several held with the diplomatic community in wake of the no-confidence motion, which was declared carried following a vote on December 31st. Harmon noted that the government has met with the American, British, Canadian, European, Chinese and Indian missions, among others. He also informed that the government will provide further updates to the diplomatic community if they become necessary.