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Sep 29, 2012 Letters
Dear Editor,
The Third Summit of Arab and South American countries is a forum to expand economic and cultural ties between these two regions. Ties between these two regions date back to the Iberian Peninsula when Al Andalusia was under Arab control.
Naturally, South America and the Arab world have linguistic, culinary and architectural similarities. But today, this forum seeks to advance trade and commerce between these two regions. Thus, Guyana’s high level participation at the upcoming Arab South America Summit in Peru is very important.
According to the Peruvian News Agency, 200 one-on-one business meetings have so far been arranged for the Third Arab South American Summit in Lima, from October 1 to 2.
As well, more companies are expected to register for the business forum. Andina wrote, “Peru and other South American countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela will present their business opportunities.”
This brings me to Guyana. Who from the Guyana’s private sector are going to participate in this forum? Who are the economists and business people accompanying Guyana’s President Ramotar to Peru? It would be wise to involve the private sector such as the chambers of commerce, and other relevant agencies and experts in trade and investments.
These sorts of stories are hardly covered by the Guyana media and that could be because of the lack of transparency at the Foreign Ministry.
Take for example, in the past few years, Foreign Minister Rodrigues-Birkett travelled to Syria and Egypt. However, the Guyana news agency, GINA, was silent. Further, no newspapers in Guyana, if I recall well, reported these two events.
Already in Suriname, the media there, Suriname Times, De Ware Tijd and Star Niews have covered Suriname’s participation at the upcoming III Arab South America Summit to be held in Peru in a few days.
Ray Chickrie
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