Suriname summons Guyana ambassador over New River Triangle plans

Albert Ramdin

Suriname’s Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin yesterday said he had summoned the Ambassador of Guyana, Virjanand Depoo  to protest plans by the government in Georgetown to build an airstrip in what he described as the Tigri Area but what is recognized internationally as the New River Triangle in this country.

Reuters last night said that Ramdin also complained that a school is to be built in the area.

Ramdin asserted that the planned developments  violate agreements made in 1970.