“Guyana has secured funding for a 125 km and it is currently being evaluated. It is by the stage whereby the consultancy is about to be awarded and that is a 10 month period. What was agreed between the two Presidents is that the remaining section of the road will be done in exactly the same specifications as the one that Guyana is doing,” Patterson said.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, who also attended the meeting, said the Guyana/Brazil road project will significantly reduce travel time, which augurs well for the economic prosperity of both countries.

“The road, over 400 km when completed will enable Brazilian exporters’ agriculture producers of soya to get access to an international market after only in less than a day for that distance of 400 km as opposed to going the other way around through the amazon and into a distance that is over 2000 km,” Greenidge explained.

The meeting also saw the Brazilians making a commitment to drill eight wells in the Rupununi to address the prolonged periods of drought that have been experienced in that area.

Construction of the wells is expected to begin on October 01.