Outgoing Brazilian Ambassador to Guyana Mr Arthur Meyer says farewell to President Bharrat Jagdeo at the Office of the President.

After the meeting with the President, the Brazilian Ambassador noted that there are many domains of cooperation between the two countries – in trade, in investments, in technical cooperation, in the cultural domain, and military cooperation.

“We have in the days ahead, a very broad agenda of bilateral cooperation and activities,” Ambassador Meyer stated.

He also explained that President Jagdeo told him that he is hopeful that he may find the time to officially commission the Takutu Bridge, along with President Luiz Inacia ‘Lula’ Da Silva of Brazil, during the second half of this year.

“In the intervening time, he also told me it is quite possible that the provisional opening of the bridge may take place very shortly, in a matter of weeks perhaps,” the Brazilian Ambassador said.

The Takutu Bridge links Lethem in the Rupununi region of Guyana with the town of Bon Fim in the northern state of Roraima in Brazil.

During Ambassador Meyer’s tenure, the Governments of Guyana and Brazil reached an agreement on new insurance limits under the Guyana / Brazil International Road Transport Agreement (IRTA).

Guyana received 10,000 doses of yellow fever vaccines from Brazil to boost its current supply, and there has been enhanced collaboration between the Ministry of Agriculture and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency, following the conclusion of four technical cooperation Agreements in the areas of corn production, rice production, aquaculture and forestry management.

Also, a Protocol of Intentions was concluded between the two countries during the last quarter of 2008, which provides the framework for collaboration in the postal sectors.