Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. David Granger, President of Guyana

The Secretary-General met with the President of Guyana, H.E. Mr. David Granger, in the margins of the 36th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community in Barbados.

The Secretary-General welcomed President Granger's efforts to prioritize political reforms, local government elections and national reconciliation in Guyana. The Secretary-General and the President discussed the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela.

They also talked about Guyana and the region's engagement in the forthcoming Financing for Development Conference in Ethiopia, the UN Summit to adopt the Post-2015 development agenda in New York, and Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris.