During the meeting with Minister Ferguson, Ambassador Alaei shared his hope to boost the relationship and better ties between Guyana and Iran. He further said that the two nations have different capacities and potentials and could therefore work together to foster development, despite their geographic distance. He fure area ther expressed particular interest in the diversifying of production abilities and also said that Iran has “strong capacity” in the area of infrastructure.
In response, Minister Ferguson expressed her pleasure at the potential Iran has to offer Guyana. “Naturally, Guyana has great potential as well so we can use this opportunity to see how our countries can complement each other,” she said. She further explained the wide-ranging portfolios of the Ministry and said that, high on the Ministry’s agenda is ensuring that the necessary infrastructural works are in place to foster comfort and satisfaction within the Guyanese populace.
She also outlined some of the Ministry’s projects for 2017 and suggested to Ambassador Alaei that Guyana and Iran work together to improve capacity by training to ultimately better the infrastructural services provided. Ambassador Alaei indicated that such training is indeed a possibility and said, “Any field the Government of Guyana wishes to have training in…we are very much interested in working along with the Government of Guyana to train.” He further indicated that a needs assessment should be done to determine relevant fields within the Ministry for capacity building.
Ambassador Alaei was accredited on Tuesday following the presentation of his credentials to President David Granger and MPI was among one of his first courtesy calls before he returns to his official station in Caracas, Venezuela.
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