Canada’s new Excessive Commissioner to Guyana Sebastien Sigouin has offered his letters of Credence to the President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali.
The presentation befell yesterday on the President’s Workplace in Georgetown.
Throughout transient remarks, Ali lauded the “distinctive relationship” between the 2 nations, which he mentioned has been constructed on shared tradition, worth techniques and the respect for legislation and democracy.
He mentioned that the connection between the 2 nations shouldn’t be solely outlined by commerce, funding and undertaking planning, however can be outlined by a deep connection between individuals and states.
Sebastien Sigouin obtained his PhD and LLM in Worldwide Relations from LLB, College of Sherbrooke in 1993. He additionally attended the Graduate Institute of Worldwide and Growth Research, Geneva in 2002. He later joined the Division of International Affairs and Worldwide Commerce in 1997 as a human rights and humanitarian affairs adviser.
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He has additionally served as supervisor of the Worldwide Program and director of coverage for the Canadian Human Rights Fee (2002 to 2010). He was additionally director of strategic planning and operations for Canada’s improvement help programming (2010 to 2015), deputy head of the Everlasting Mission of Canada to the Group of American States (2015 to 2018) and government director liable for relations with Central American nations, Cuba and the Dominican Republic (2018 to 2022). Most lately, he was government director of the Haiti Division.
Diplomatic relations between Guyana and Canada had been formally established on Could 26, 1966, the identical day Guyana gained independence. Since then, each nations have collaborated on quite a few initiatives, strengthening financial ties and fostering nearer political and social relations.
Excessive Commissioner Sigouin’s appointment is predicted to additional improve these ties as each nations proceed to discover new areas of co-operation.
