Guyana hopes to modernise its military and forthcoming support from India is expected to do just that, President Dr. Irfaan Ali said recently.
The Guyanese Head of State, during an interview with India’s NDTV, said that government ministers will be leading technical groups meant to quickly advance the partnership with India on military support.
“We are looking at many things, one technology… weapons. We are also looking at the aviation side,” President Ali said.
He later added, “It is a comprehensive package that we would like to discuss with India.”
And the President believes that India is a good partner in this regard because the country has developed and demonstrated good capacity and capabilities.
During another press engagement, with the WION news channel, President Ali noted that one option under consideration is the purchase of hardware and military equipment from India.
Several ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) are benefitting from or have completed courses in the South Asian nation through the country’s Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) training programme for friendly foreign countries.
As I predicted Guyana is being forced to buy guns rather than butter to safeguard the increasing welfare and security of its peoples owing to the persistent threat to its territorial and maritime (moreso) integrity and the sanctity of its political and economic independence posed by the outrageous, wholly illegal, imperialistic and land-and- sea grabbing of the Bolivarian Republic of Maduro’s Venezuela that is in bed with Rowley. Venezuela’s military hangs as the sword of Dam… See more
Which is why we need a lil help from our friends. Little Ticos and Ticas (children in Venezuela) are taught from a very young age that the Eastern border of Venezuela is the East Bank Essequibo or Essequivo as they call it. Not one politician in Venezuela for the past 80 years has been able to gain office without claiming the State of Essequivo….with the exception of Chavez who came in a coup and was probably a little less inclined to rile his neighbour and certainly did not need to pander to his voting public as their vote was useless.
Venezuela is a beautiful Country with great people but this blind spot needs to go. They got more land and resources than they need and they are just being stupidos…..in their quest to destroy Guyana.