Suriname sends protest note to Guyana over disputed area
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PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – Suriname’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation, Albert Ramdin, on Friday, sent a protest note to the government of Guyana, following reports that the government of the neighbouring country wants to develop in the disputed border area between the two countries.
According to the president of Guyana, Irfaan Ali, his administration will harden the airstrip in the Tigri area at the so-called ‘Camp Jaguar’.
Camp Tigri or Camp Jaguar is a military camp and airstrip located in the Tigri Area, disputed between Suriname and Guyana.
Ramdin on Friday summoned the Guyanese ambassador Virjanand Depoo to hand him a protest note.
During the meeting, the statements by Ali regarding start of the pavement work on the airstrip in the Upper Corantijn area before the end of this year were discussed. An earlier report from the Guyanese government regarding plans to build a new school on Kasjoe Island, also in the disputed area on the Upper Corantijn River by Guyana, was also discussed.
