SVG PM Gonsalves receives Guyana’s second-highest award
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has been awarded the Order of Roraima by Guyanese President Dr Mohammed Irfaan Ali.
The Oder of Roraima is Guyana’s second-highest award. It is given to any citizen of Guyana for their outstanding service to the nation or foreign national who is deemed eligible.
It is limited to only 35 living Guyanese recipients.
Some of the international recipients of this award include Barbadian Prime Ministers Mia Mottley and Freundel Stuart.
In presenting Gonsalves with the award on Tuesday evening, Ali described his Vincentian counterpart as a “Caribbean man” who has been committed to "democracy, peace, security and development of the Caribbean."
"The conferral of Guyana's Order of Roraima is in deserved recognition of the tireless commitment and unflinching contributions which Dr Gonsalves has made to the cause of regionalism and regional integration," Ali stated.
Gonsalves is on a four-day Official Visit to Guyana.
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