President meets with UN Secretary General

As the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly winds down, President David Granger on Monday met with United Nations Secretary General António Guterres, along with several high-ranking officials from a number of international organisations.
The President’s delegation included Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge; Presidential Adviser on Petroleum, Dr Jan Mangal; Foreign Affairs Ministry Director General, Ambassador Audrey Waddell; Sir Shridath Ramphal and Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations, Rudolph Michael Ten-Pow.

The Head of State also met with Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Achim Steiner and a team which included UNDP’s Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, Jessica Faieta; Regional Adviser at the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, Guyanese Kenroy Roach and UNDP’s Policy Specialist, Rosita Todorova. During this meeting, the two sides discussed Guyana’s ‘green state’ agenda as well as the projects that the UNDP are currently implementing in Guyana.
The President later met with the President of Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Company, Clay Neff and Chevron’s General Manager of Policy, General and Government Affairs and Latin America Exploration and Production Company, Mamadou Marcel Blondin Beye. During that meeting, Neff relayed to President Granger, Chevron’s interest with regard to investments in Guyana, the Ministry of the Presidency stated.
The Head of State and his delegation also met with Hess Corporation President John Hess and the company’s Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary, Timothy Goodell. HESS Corporation is an oil exploration company that holds a 30 per cent interest in ExxonMobil’s offshore drilling operations in the Stabroek Block. In May, Hess met with President Granger when he visited Guyana and reaffirmed his company’s commitment to ensuring that their operations are done in a transparent manner.