{"id":11989,"date":"2023-07-21T21:15:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T21:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=11989"},"modified":"2023-07-21T21:15:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T21:15:44","slug":"new-areas-of-cooperation-to-be-discussed-during-presidents-state-visit-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/new-areas-of-cooperation-to-be-discussed-during-presidents-state-visit-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"New Areas of Cooperation to Be Discussed During President&#8217;s State Visit to China"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali is scheduled to pay a state visit to China later this month to strengthen bilateral ties between the two nations.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Irfaan-Ali.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Irfaan-Ali.jpg 750w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Irfaan-Ali-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Irfaan-Ali-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Irfaan-Ali-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Irfaan-Ali-155x155.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Dr. Irfaan Ali<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Although the exact date of the visit has not been announced, Dr. Ali confirmed that discussions will cover both new and existing areas of cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the main topics on the agenda is financing for the completion of the Lethem to Mabura Hill Road project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;President Ali expressed his appreciation for the broad scope of cooperation between Guyana and China, which spans various sectors of national development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This State visit marks a significant event as it will be the first official visit of a Guyanese Head of State to China in 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last official visit was made by former President and current Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, who met with former Chinese President Hu Jintao in 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since assuming office in 2020, President Ali has emphasized the importance of the 50-year-long relations between Guyana and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has repeatedly expressed gratitude for China&#8217;s support and leadership on global issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana received an early donation of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines from China during the height of the pandemic in 2021, making it the first English-speaking Caribbean country to establish diplomatic relations with China back in 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the upcoming state visit, both countries aim to explore new avenues of cooperation and strengthen their longstanding partnership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali is scheduled to pay a state visit to China later this month to strengthen bilateral ties between the two nations. Although the exact date of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,367,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-one-guyana","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11991,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11989\/revisions\/11991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}