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The Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Raphael G.C Trotman, met with H.E. Greg Quinn, British High Commissioner to Georgetown today Friday, March 20 in the Speaker’s Chamber, public Buildings, Brickdam.

Discussions focused on deepening the engagement and cooperation between the National Assembly of Guyana and UK Houses of Parliament. It was explained that because elections were imminent in both countries, this would await the reconvening of both Parliaments.

The Speaker expressed his regret that the National Assembly was unable to take up the invitation to participate in a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) delegation to observe the UK elections on May 7, 2015.

The High Commissioner then expressed his government's expectations for the strengthening of the democratic process through the holding of credible elections to be held on May 11 and for the results to be accepted by all.

Mr Quinn who was appointed British High Commissioner Guyana in succession to Mr Andrew Ayre, took up his appointment during February 2015.

He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1995, and is currently Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Kazakhstan. His FCO career has included work on the United Nations, Former Soviet Union, and the Middle East in addition to a two-year secondment to the United States Department of State where he worked on Iraq.