Guyana: Finance Minister Dr Ashni K Singh attends new Global Pact Financial Summit 2023 at Paris

Guyanese Politician and Minister of Finance Dr Ashni K Singh attended the new Global Pact Financial Summit, conveyed in Paris, France, by the French President, Emmanuel Macron, on Thursday, June 22, 2023- Friday, June 23, 2023. Finance Minister Dr Ashni K Singh expressed his pleasure over the successful leadership of President Emmanuel Macron in developing and modernising Financial institutions.

Guyanese Politician and Minister of Finance since November 2020, Dr Ashni K Singh, who was also the Director of Budget in the Ministry of Finance, Deputy Auditor General in the office and the chairman of the Governing Guyana Revenue Authority and the University of Guyana, attended the new Global Pact Financial Summit, conveyed in Paris, France, by the French President, Emmanuel Macron. At the event by Catherine Colonna, Dr Singh was welcomed by the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France at the Palais Brongniart.

At the event, Finance Minister Singh discussed the financial aspects significant in developing and growing the economy and the nation. He also expressed his appreciation and pleasure for being invited to the event.

He further, while expressing his gratitude, also highlighted President Macron’s leadership in convening leaders to focus on modernising the major global financial institutions and commended the work that institutions like the IMF, IDB and World Bank had done over decades, pointing out the support they had given to Guyana when democracy was restored in the early 1990s. The then-Government had to deal with the PNC’s legacy of unsustainable debt and widespread economic mismanagement.

The Summit brought together over a hundred global leaders, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Brazilian President Lula da Silva, US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, President Joe Biden’s Special Envoy, and former US Secretary of State John Kerry.