Top diplomats meet with Foreign Affairs Minister on recount process

Georgetown: Top diplomat on Thursday met with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Karen Cummings, to discuss developments related to the recount of ballots following the March 2, 2020 general elections.

The envoys included the High Commissioner of Canada to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Her Excellency, Lilian Chatterjee, High Commissioner of the United Kingdom, His Excellency Greg Quinn, Ambassador of the United States, Her Excellency Sarah-Ann Lynch, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the European Union (EU), His Excellency Fernando Ponz Cantó.

Dr. Cummings conveyed that the Government of Guyana valued their participation, which, as international observers, could provide an effective means to verify the genuineness and transparency of the electoral process.

Further, she noted that, “Undoubtedly, we are all pleased that this process is now on its way and will expeditiously and in a transparent manner produce credible and final results of our elections”.

Meanwhile, the Heads of the Foreign Missions agreed that the ongoing recount process was extremely important.

(L-R) High Commissioner of Canada, Lilian Chatterjee, Ambassador of the United States, Sarah-Ann Lynch, High Commissioner of the United Kingdom, Greg Quinn, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Karen Cummings, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the European Union (EU), Fernando Ponz Cantó, discuss developments related to the recent general elections ballots recount.

The recount of the ballots is now underway in Georgetown.