President Donald Ramotar has pledged GUY$1M in support of Guyana Legion. This was disclosed at the Legions headquarters at Coghlan House, Carifesta Avenue Sunday.
The event was the annual observance to mark Remembrance Day and to pay homage to those who lost their lives in the World wars and conflicts after the Great Wars and those who continue to do so today.
At the reception, the umbrella body of World War veterans and other ex- servicemen was able to raise more than $2.2M in support of its cause.
Also in attendance were member of the diplomatic corp. Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn, President of the Guyana Legion, retired Colonel Carl Morgan, Chief-of-Staff, Guyana Defence Force, Commodore Gary Best and British High Commissioner Andrew Ayre.
President Ramotar addressing attendees at the reception said that he had the opportunity to visit some of the countries that were afflicted by wars and seen the horrors that the wars produced.
“As part of the war on community, we have a job to try to contribute to keeping peace in the world,’ the President said.
He noted that keeping the peace is important because the world, and moreso Guyana, will not be able to “realise our aspiration to build a strong, healthy economy, a strong social service where all our people can be equal and all our people can enjoy the fruits of their labour.”
He warned that the world is so interconnected today that it is impossible to think about development in isolation. “All our prosperity, our aspirations are linked with each other,’ he said.
President Ramotar said that for a small developing country Guyana needs to have a big interest in having peace throughout the world, and it is for this reason that Guyana has been orienting its foreign policy and promoting its diplomacy towards peace and to preserve peace and safeguard its democracy.
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