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