{"id":17537,"date":"2024-03-30T14:45:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T14:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17537"},"modified":"2024-03-30T14:45:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T14:45:42","slug":"inaugural-guyana-india-virtual-trade-and-investment-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/inaugural-guyana-india-virtual-trade-and-investment-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural Guyana-India Virtual Trade and Investment Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By <strong>Fabiana Mcklmon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inaugural Guyana-India Virtual Trade and Investment Summit 2024 commenced with Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud&#8217;s opening remarks, highlighting the economic potential for both Guyana and India. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Fabiana-Guyana-and-India-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosted by the High Commission of Guyana in India, the summit aimed to bolster trade and investment ties between the two nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Persaud underscored the existing and emerging opportunities for Indian businesses in Guyana, emphasizing the potential for closer partnerships between the private sectors of both countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana&#8217;s burgeoning oil sector has propelled it to be recognized as the world&#8217;s fastest-growing economy, while India maintains its status as the world&#8217;s fastest-growing major economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Peter Ramsaroop, the Executive Director of the Guyana Office for Investment, echoed Persaud&#8217;s sentiments, stressing the significance of economic relations between India and Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the importance of connecting global sectors and fostering strong economic ties between the two nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Fabiana-Guyana-and-India-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The summit also featured addresses from key representatives of the private sector, including Rafeek Khan, Deputy Chairman of the Private Sector Commission; Ramsay Ali, President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association; and Shaleeza Shaw, Executive of the India-Guyana Chamber of Commerce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They identified sectors such as mining, oil and gas, energy, agriculture, and manufacturing as promising areas for business growth in Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fabiana Mcklmon The inaugural Guyana-India Virtual Trade and Investment Summit 2024 commenced with Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud&#8217;s opening remarks, highlighting the economic potential for both Guyana and India. Hosted&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17537","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=17537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17541,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17537\/revisions\/17541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}