-In the wake of protest note over New River Triangle
In the wake of a protest from Suriname over this country’s New River Triangle, Foreign Minister Hugh Todd met yesterday with Paramaribo’s envoy here Liselle Blankendal.
The statement that followed the meeting did not refer to Friday’s summoning of Guyana’s Ambassador in Paramaraibo, Virjanand Depoo by Suriname’s Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin to lodge the protest over this country’s plans for an airstrip in the New River Triangle. Suriname claims the area but it is recognized internationally as part of Guyana.
The statement yesterday said that during the meeting, Todd outlined Guy-ana’s national policy framework that “addresses the provision of social services including education and healthcare and existing infrastructure to facilitate humanitarian support and other emergency relief services, to remote communities within Guyana’s territory”.