SECOND UPDATED GUYANA ATTENDANCE AT THE CONFERENCE

UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 000582

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KSUM GY
SUBJECT: SECOND UPDATED GUYANA ATTENDANCE AT THE CONFERENCE
OF THE CARIBBEAN

REF: A. STATE 43123


B. GEORGETOWN 294

C. GEORGETOWN 391

D. GEORGETOWN 578


1. After checking with the MFA three times yesterday, and
sending GEORGETOWN 578, Poloff was contacted by MFA and told
that they have now added Kwabena Frinpong, Head of Policy
Coordination Unit in the Office of the President, to the GoG
delegation.


2. Guyana has substantially changed its delegation to the
Conference of the Caribbean. Per MFA CARICOM Desk Officer
Nikki Cole, the final GoG delegation to the Conference of the
Caribbean will be:
-- President Bharrat Jagdeo
-- Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Rudy Insanally
-- Minister of Foreign Trade & International Cooperation Dr.
Henry Jeffrey
-- MFA Director General Ambassador Elizabeth Harper
-- Guyana Ambassador to the U.S. Bayney Karran
-- First Secretary at Guyana's Embassy and Alternative
Representative at Guyana's Permanent Mission to the OAS
Deborah Yaw
-- First Secretary at Guyana's Embassy and Alternative
Representative at Guyana's Permanent Mission to the OAS
Forbes July
-- Aide-de-camp (ADC) to the President of Guyana Maj. Ronald
Hercules
-- Head of Policy Coordination Unit in the Office of the
President Kwabena Frinpong


3. The final GoG attendees for the meeting with POTUS will
be: President Jagdeo, Minister Insanally, and Ambassador
Harper. The GoG attendess for the SECSTATE meeting will be:
Minister Insanally and Ambassador Karran. Other than his
ADC, President Jagdeo will not bring a security detail. The
ADC will not carry a firearm.


4. MFA still has not provided a flight itinerary for
President Jagdeo or MFA Insanally.
Thomas