–President Jinping, Prime Minister Al Sabah express commitment to strengthening bilateral partnerships in separate letters to President Ali

IN a letter penned to Guyana’s President Dr Irfaan Ali, China’s President Xi Jinping has signalled plans to “promote the China-Guyana relations to achieve new development.”
The letter dated February 22, 2024 was recently received by the Guyanese Head of State.

“Guyana is China’s good partner and good friend. Based on mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, China-Guyana traditional friendship has withstood the test of the changing international situation and delivered real benefits to the two peoples,” the letter read.

Back in July, 2023, President Ali had visited China. President Ali had told President Xi and other foreign dignitaries that Guyana and China have maintained a sound relationship with strong political and mutual trust.

He added that Guyana regards China as a highly reliable partner, and welcomes Chinese enterprises to invest in Guyana.

China has played an important role in the economic and social development of Guyana and the Caribbean region, in terms of not only sharing its experiences, but also in providing valuable assistance to Guyana and regional countries in areas of infrastructure, connectivity, medicine and health.

Prime Minister of the state of Kuwait, Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah, who also penned a letter to President Ali, signalled plans to strengthen bilateral ties.

“I take this opportunity to praise the strict bilateral relations that unite our two friendly countries and peoples, and to consolidate our commitment to developing them for mutual benefit,” the Prime Minister’s letter read.

The partnership between Guyana and Kuwait has been characterised by strength and durability through a long history of brilliant diplomatic relations that began on August 17, 1995.

Since then bilateral relations have developed continuously and remarkably because they are built on solid foundations of friendship, trust and mutual respect.

A Guyanese embassy was formally established on January 20, 2011 and it represents Guyana’s interests not only in the State of Kuwait, but also in the neighbouring countries including those of the Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).