INDIA has quite a lot to offer the security sector here in Guyana. This view was expressed by Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, after a meeting with the Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, Mr. Venkatachalam Mahalingam, who paid him a courtesy call at his office in Brickdam Monday. 

Following the meeting, Minister Ramjattan told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that discussions were centred on support that India can offer to the Guyana Government in the area of security. “It is quite a long list,” the Minister said, noting things like scholarship for the training of policemen, and capacity support for the Forensic Laboratory as some of the areas identified for possible collaboration.
“He had indicated that they have some good quality labs in India… the training from those and also the materials that we can acquire,” the Minister said, were discussed in relation to the Forensic Lab.
Also discussed was collaboration with regard to provision of instructors for classes in crime scene management.
Minister Ramjattan also said he had indicated Guyana’s interest in programmes and policies related to mending community policing relationship,  and that the High Commissioner had expressed his willingness to network with the Minister on some of the case studies that India has done in this area. (GINA)