The Mayors of both Port of Spain, Trinidad and Georgetown, Guyana have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), strengthening the relationship between our two nations.
Almost six months after Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana signed an (MoU) on a national level, the capital cities of both countries have done the same with the signing of a three year MOU between POS Mayor, Joel Martinez and his Georgetown counterpart Pandit Ubraj Narine.
The signing took place during a small ceremony held on the balcony of the office of the Mayor of Port of Spain on Friday.
The objective of this MOU is to establish diplomatic relations and enhance mutual understanding, develop friendly relations, and promote joint and reciprocal cooperation between the cities.
According to Narine, this will bring both countries even closer, especially now that Guyana has an oil and gas economy.
“We need the specialist and the specialist is right here in Trinidad and Tobago,” Narine said after the MoU was signed.
Narine said ideas in culture, health, trade, tourism, education and economics will also be agreed upon.
“I believe the beneficiary will be the people of the city of Port-of-Spain and the city of Georgetown,” he said.
He encouraged the councilors to put the MoU into action.
Mayor Martinez said it was a long-awaited day, as the official conversation between both cities had started since 2019.
“This is a partnership that we can all be proud of and for the second time in 15 years, Port-of-Spain has a new sister city. So today, in addition to St Catherine’s in Ontario, Canada, Atalanta in Georgia, USA, Morne-à-l’Eau in Guadeloupe, Kingston in Jamaica, Yeosu-si in South Korea and as of last week the 28th October, 2022, Kumasi in Ghana,” he said.
Martinez said this was an opportunity for both cities to grow together.
The MoU also said any dispute between both parties may be settled amicably by negotiation and not be referred to any national or international court or tribunal.
A 90-day notice must be given if any party wishes to terminate the MoU but that will not affect the completion of any corporation activities or programmes unless both parties agree.
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