At bilateral negotiations held between President of Guyana, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, and the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, at the margins of the UNCTAD XV hosted in Barbados in October 2021, a decision was taken by both leaders to chart a new paradigm in the relations between their two countries. The new paradigm, they hoped, would allow the peoples of both countries to benefit from an expanded programme of cooperation and investment, including focused discussions on how the agriculture potential of Guyana and Barbados could be utilized to reduce food importation bills as part of the overall regional food security plans. Counterpart meetings were also held at the Ministerial level and between the private sector representatives of both countries with a view to advancing the decisions of the Heads of Government of Guyana and Barbados.
