AMBASSADOR GAIRY PRESENTS CREDENTIAL TO PRESIDENT HU JINTAO

BEIJING, China, March 27, 2009 – Grenada’s Ambassador to China, Her Excellency Marcelle Gairy was among diplomats who presented credentials to Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday.

The new ambassadors to China from Grenada, Turkmenistan, Greece, Tonga, Syria, Georgia and Turkey were presented to the Chinese President.

The seven ambassadors are Marcelle Gairy from Grenada, Murat Nazarov from Turkmenistan, Theodoros Georgakelos from Greece, Mahe'uli'uli Sandhurst Tupouniua from Tonga, Khalaf Al-Jarad from Syria, Karlo Sikharulidze from Georgia and Murat Salim Esenli from Turkey.

Grenada and China resumed diplomatic relations in January 2005, reaffirming the one-China policy.

The Chinese government had said that it’s willing to cooperate with Grenada, in line with the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence in such fields as politics, economy, trade, culture and education.

Earlier this month Prime Minister Tillman Thomas met with a senior official of Communist Party of China (CPC) in St. George’s, vowing to promote relations between the two countries and the two parties.