Minister of Health Bheri Ramsarran and Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jungao (centre) with volunteers.

GUYANA and China yesterday extended their friendly relations with the signing of a memorandum that will see the coming of the second batch of Chinese Youth Volunteers here.

At a ceremony at the Foreign Service Institute, New Garden Street, Georgetown, Minister within the Ministry of Health, Bheri Ramsarran, signed the agreement with Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jungao.

Five of the 14 volunteers will be working in the health sector, and will be stationed at the Linden Hospital, Dr Ramsarran disclosed.

Guyana is one of the first countries to benefit from the programme and the first batch of volunteers was dispatched here in October, 2007.

The Health Minister also reported that the Linden hospital has over the years seen a number of Chinese medical professionals.

The other volunteers will be posted at the Ministries of Education; Culture, Youth and Sport; Office of the President and Geology and Mines and Commission.

Chinese Ambassador, Zhang Jungao, stated that the volunteers were selected from a batch of 700 to be posted here.

The signing ceremony was attended by delegates from the Chinese Youth Association.

The volunteers will be here for one year.