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Guyana,” he said.
Thompson further stated that a ecently identified international ngineering firm is expected to egin the design process in anuary, 2019 and it is expected o last for 10 months.
“We are looking forward agerly to the day when the jourey between Georgetown and Lethem is reduced to a mere four ours,” Thompson added.
The statement noted that the Linden to Lethem roadway is
eing done in phases, starting with the approximately 125 km ection from Linden and Mabura Hills and that some US$120 milon has been guaranteed by the United Kingdom Caribbean nfrastructure Partnership Fund UKCIF) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).
The Guyana-Brazil Joint Commission on Infrastructure is ursuing the detailed designs for hase 2 of the project, which is he 320 km section between Mabura Hills and Lethem, it dded.
Meanwhile, the ministry also aid that despite looming implicaons of political changes in Brazil, the border committee made progress on a number of ssues, including the reestablishment of the Bilateral Commission
n Police Cooperation and Drugs, with its first meeting set for March 29th, 2019. “During the iscussions, representatives in the ecurity forces of both nations ommitted to working closer to urb cross border crime. Brazil as agreed to offer training in the nitial instance to 10 Guyanese olice officers in identifying ehicular theft,” the statement aid.
It was also noted that the two ides were also able to agree on ollaboration to combat plant disases, particularly the Carambola ruit Fly, which has had implicaons for trade.
Other areas discussed were ealth, education, environment, udicial cooperation and the nternational Road Transport Agreement.
Additionally, the two countries ave agreed to meet again shortly o evaluate areas of cooperation, he statement added.