{"id":42125,"date":"2026-05-12T16:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/42125\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T16:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:19:11","slug":"leaders-of-canada-and-guyana-emphasise-strong-ties-between-the-two-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/42125\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders of Canada and Guyana Emphasise \u2018Strong\u2019 Ties Between the Two Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2013 The Government of Canada said on Friday that its Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met with the President of Guyana, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, in Toronto, where the leaders emphasised the \u201cstrong\u201d ties between Canada and Guyana.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/carneyma.jpg\" alt=\"Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with026.Photo by Daniel PereiraOffice of the Prime Minister of Canada\" width=\"350\" style=\"margin: initial; border: 1px solid #000000; float: none; width: 100%;\" role=\"figure\"\/>Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with President Mohamed Irfaan Ali of Guyana on the margins of the Canada 2020 Global Progress Summit, at the Royal York Hotel, in Toronto. yesterday. (Photo: Daniel Pereira\/Office of the Prime Minister of Canada)The Canadian Government said this is strengthened by over 100,000 Canadians of Guyanese ancestry.<\/p>\n<p>It noted that Guyana is one of Canada\u2019s largest trading partners among the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe leaders discussed Canada\u2019s role as a reliable trade and investment partner, and opportunities to increase Canadian investment in Guyana in a range of sectors, including energy, technology, agriculture, and mining,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>It said Carney conveyed his best wishes for the Canada-Guyana Chamber of Commerce\u2019s Business Forum taking place in Toronto, celebrating 60 years of Guyana\u2019s independence and diplomatic ties with Canada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Prime Minister looks forward to visiting Guyana in the future,\u201d the statement said. \u201cThe Prime Minister and the President agreed to remain in close contact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Government said Guyana and Canada enjoy a \u201cclose relationship\u201d built on more than 50 years of \u201cdeep people-to-people ties, important trading connections, a longstanding development program and our security partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Government said Canada first opened the High Commission of Canada to Guyana, in Georgetown, in March 1964, and established full diplomatic relations after Guyana\u2019s independence in May 1966.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a vibrant Diaspora with close to 100,000 Canadian-Guyanese citizens who call Canada home,\u201d the statement said. \u201cThe academic ties between Canada and Guyana reinforce this relationship as hundreds of students choose to study in Canada every year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada continues to support Guyana\u2019s capacity building efforts with Canadian experts assisting various institutions,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Guyana is represented in Canada by the High Commission of Guyana in Ottawa and a Consulate in Toronto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2013 The Government of Canada said on Friday that its Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14691,17,18418,18411,2104,18416,18412,18414,18417,49,18415,18413],"class_list":{"0":"post-42125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-barbados","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-caribbean-diaspora","11":"tag-caribbean-news","12":"tag-cuba","13":"tag-grenada","14":"tag-jamaica","15":"tag-miami","16":"tag-monthly-news-magazine","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-st-kitts","19":"tag-trinidad"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}