Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Hilton Todd, represented Guyana at the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers meeting in London on March 8.
Held under the theme “The Commonwealth at a Moment of Strategic Opportunity”, the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers meeting convened prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting – to be held in November 2026 in Antigua and Barbuda.
The areas discussed at the March 8 Foreign Ministers meeting included the – Future of Multilateralism, Economic Diplomacy, Trade Facilitation and Building Resilience.
Under the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group- Minister Todd updated Commonwealth member states on the Guyana-Venezuela controversy.
The Commonwealth is a group of 56 member states from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific.
It was established in 1949 with the London Declaration.
Through the Declaration, Member states agreed to recognise the monarch as the Head of the Commonwealth.
