GUYANA and Peru have pledged to increase co-operation in the areas of energy, food security and climate change.

This is according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, which, in a press release, said that Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud recently met with the Peruvian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Peter Camino, in Lima.

During that meeting they discussed specific areas of ties between the two governments and their people.

The ministry said that the government of Peru plans to expand its framework of co-operation with Guyana to enable greater collaboration in the mining, agriculture, tourism, and construction sectors among others, through direct investment and technical assistance initiatives.

“The Vice Foreign Minister noted Guyana’s leadership in the region as well as its commitment to advancing a number of issues of mutual interest both within the hemispheric fora including in ACTO and the Brasilia Consensus, as well as at the multilateral sphere including the United Nations Security Council.

“Foreign Secretary Persaud took the opportunity to update the Peruvian Vice Foreign Minister on the current case before the International Court of Justice regarding the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy,” the ministry said.

Guyana and Peru established diplomatic relations on July 17, 1971.