Though legal counsel for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is analysing a claim by the Chinese logging firm Baishanlin that its investment here is being crippled, Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge says that he believes that the company is confused about government’s responsibility in this matter.
“I can say that we have received two items of communications from Baishanlin. One set is from their lawyers and another set that came directly to us. We are having our lawyers look at it,” Greenidge told Stabroek News yesterday
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