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Guyana’s Honorary Consul to Mumbai was announced – Foreign Ministry
Guyana’s Ambassador to Caricom and Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Elisabeth Harper yesterday sought to explain the circumstances surrounding the appointment of an Indian National, Dr. Ajeenka DY Patil as Honorary Consul for Guyana.
According to Harper “anyone” could be an Honorary Consul once the person is a resident in the country. She said that the Ministry did make an announcement publicly but pointed out that this was “a long time” ago.
Dr. Ajeenkya DY Patil
Kaieteur News was told that the situation with Dr Patil not being Guyanese is not something out of the ordinary.
Harper explained that there are non Guyanese Honorary Consul in several countries, including Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon.
With regards to Government funding, Harper said Patil is not being paid for the position he holds since its “Honorary” as compared to someone who is a ‘Consul General.’
Dr. Ajeenka DY Patil is part of a major Indian Company that had signed an MOU with the Government. They have started the process of cultivating 10,000 hectares of land in the Canje Basin for agricultural-related projects.
The projects would include, dairy processing, rice milling and processing; fisheries and poultry; fruit and vegetables; and sugar cane production with ethanol and power.
However, since the signing of the agreement, there has been no information coming out from the government. Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy when contacted yesterday said that he was in a meeting and promised to return a call, up to press time he had not done so.
Dr. Patil on his official website is quoted as stating that investing in Guyana “is a financially viable and potentially profitable proposal for investors in the region due to the global growth in demand for agriculture produce.”
Ambassador Elisabeth Harper
“The region [Guyana] is unexploited and is economically robust and politically stable. It will improve the quality of life of the average Guyanese citizen and increase the economic vitality of the country. And all of this backed by the experienced management of the Ajeenkya DY Patil Group,” Dr. Patil said.
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