PRESIDENT David Granger and Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley held bilateral talks on the margins of the 39th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on Friday.
President Granger was accompanied to the meeting by Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge and Ambassador Audrey Waddell.

Barbados’ support for Guyana’s territorial integrity was among areas covered.
“Well the President would have recalled that Barbados would have always been a strong supporter for Guyana’s territorial integrity.

Guyana is our sister and we believe that the deep family relations between our two countries are worth not preserving but building upon for a modern relationship that benefits all of our people and therefore we discussed a range of matters: economic, social, cultural, environmental and I trust and pray that it would be to the benefit of our various populations,” Prime Minister Mottley told the Guyana Chronicle after exiting the meeting.

Ahead of the meeting, President Granger told this newspaper that Guyana and Barbados share a special relationship.

“From the time of the foundation of CARIFTA it was Guyana and Barbados first in 1965, in fact, the fact that we observe CARICOM Day as the 4th July, refers to the legend that Forbes Burnham and Primer Barrow met on the 4th July 1965 even before we became independent. So the relationship between Guyana and Barbados is something that is well established in Caribbean history,” President Granger said. The meeting was intended to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.