GEORGETOWN -The government of China has expressed displeasure with the stance taken by President Irfaan Ali concerning the country’s relationship with The United States, ...
and comments made during the visit of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In a statement posted to social media, the Chinese Embassy here said, “China has always ‘Put China-Guyana Friendship First’.”
“We honour our commitment with concrete actions. As a matter of fact, China has participated fully at the biggest economic and social transformation in the history of Guyana. Facts and figures speak louder than anything else,” the embassy here said on its Facebook page.
Accompanying that post were several images stating, among other things, that “over the past 12 years China-Guyana trade volume has increased from US$180 million in 2013 to US$1.4 billion in 2024, and that China is willing to deepen the alignment between the Belt and Road Initiative and Guyana’s Low Carbon Strategy 2030, and elevate the level of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation between the two countries. (Jamaica Gleaner/CMC)
