BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados says Guyana joins the Regional Security System (RSS) established in 1982 to provide security for the Eastern Caribbean.
“That is a significant impetus for us in the Southern Caribbean, Guyana’s military is long established and is well equipped, and therefore the ability to have another anchor in the Regional Security System is something that will enhance the ability of the RSS not only to respond to National Security issues but in particular as we get ready to go into hurricane season,” Prime Minister Mia Mottley said, following the end of a four-day working visit to Georgetown on Thursday.
The RSS was created out of a need for a collective response to security threats, which impacted the region’s stability in the early 1970 s and 1980s.
The RSS has additional responsibilities to the wider Caribbean Community (CARICOM) region under the Treaty on Security Assistance (TSA). The TSA identifies RSS Headquarters as part of the regional response mechanism.
The Barbados-based RSS headquarters is the Coordinating Secretariat of the CARICOM Security Assistance Mechanism.
Mottley also told reporters that manufacturers from Guyana would be heading to Barbados in April for meetings and business linkages.
“Similarly, we were able to have discussions with the manufacturers, and in fact, I am happy to report that there will be a group of manufacturers coming here early in April and looking at a range of products, including pre-fab housing.
“We have a look at the whole issue of access to timber; we look of combined training, there are some areas in which Guyana’s training will be what we need in the area of welding and joining, etc. and the other areas in hospitality where we can provide significant opportunities they want six thousand hospitality workers trained, and we have already started the process of providing for that,” Mottley said.
She said regarding the tourism sector; there are co-branding opportunities, particularly in Europe, and international transport and logistics for cargo movement.
“In addition to that, we discussed the question of how to do we get the whole issue of reducing the cost of air travel between our countries. Because once people start moving, they are going to find the opportunities that governments haven’t even thought about, and I believe this is one of the things we are going to see significant over the next few weeks.”
Mottley attended the international energy conference and exposition in Guyana that ends on Friday. During her stay in Georgetown, she held meetings with government and private sector representatives on closer collaboration between the two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries.
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