ROMANIA has expressed an interest in working with Guyana in the areas of oil and gas, corruption, water management, water management and the rule of law.

During bilateral talks recently with Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge and Deputy Prime Minister of Romania, Ana Birchall in the Bahamas, the country indicated that it also has an interest in agriculture and tourism.

Moreover, the country has indicated that it is interested in receiving a Guyana trade mission, and Guyana’s participation in trade fairs in Romania.  They have also offered assistance in fiscal administration through their National Agency of Fiscal Administration, as well as assistance in sustainable coastal management through their Institute of Marine Biology and Ecology, the Foreign Affairs Minister announced Monday.

Minister Greenidge said, too, that Romaina’s interest in cooperating with Guyana reflects a decision by the Romanian government to treat Guyana and St Vincent and the Grenadines as the focal points of their cooperation in the region.

“In that cooperation, they have identified areas where they have an interest: Oil and gas, training, ICT. They are also offering to assist in training and development…governance and corruption,” he told reporters.

In June, several meetings were held with representatives of India, including the High Commissioner to Guyana, on issues ranging from cooperation over the monument in Palmyra to the proposed visit of the Prime Minister of India to Guyana and related visits to Delhi.

On June 15, there was a meeting with the new Russian Ambassador to Guyana, Alexander Kurmaz, over future cooperation, and the intention to enhance the Treaty on Basic Relations signed between Minister Greenidge and Minister Lavrov, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, during a state visit to Moscow, Russia.

Meanwhile, in May, Greenidge disclosed that he met with Pieter De Crem, Secretary of State for Foreign Trade of the Kingdom of Belgium in Lome, Togo. During their meeting, a range of issues including mutual support for candidates to international institutions such as the UN agencies and bilateral cooperation were discussed. “We agreed to hold further discussions in Brussels in the course of the forthcoming ACP and ACP EU meetings in the Kingdom of Belgium,” he said.

Additionally, the Minister held routine discussions with the Executive of the National Disability Commission: Chair of the National Disability Commission, Evelyn Hamilton, Commissioner of the National Disability Commission, Shelly Wilson, and Advocacy and Communication Officer, Avonel Currica.