Venezuela’s President Maduro to visit Guyana this Saturday

His-Excellency-Nicolas-Maduro-President-of-the-Bolivarian-Republic-of-VenezuelaGeorgetown : The agenda has been set for a one-day state visit of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro who is scheduled to arrive in Guyana on Saturday, August 31.

Following his arrival at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, President Maduro will meet his counterpart, President Donald Ramotar at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC), Liliendaal for a bilateral meeting.

Government officials from the two countries are also scheduled to meet at the same venue for separate bilateral talks.

The parties will then proceed to State House for lunch prior to a press briefing. The State visit will conclude with a social event at the GICC that will see the participation of civil society.

The visit will be Maduro’s first since becoming President of the Bolivarian Republic, to a country that has maintained a longstanding, fruitful and mutually beneficial relationship for a number of years.

Maduro, a protégé of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez became the Spanish-speaking country’s new leader after winning the country’s April 14 general elections.