PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC—President Chandrikapersad Santokhi is starting an official go to to Aruba and Curaçao, the place the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Group (CARICOM) nation seeks to strengthen current historic and cultural ties.
“Now we have labored exhausting lately to strengthen our relationships. Aruba and Curacao are nations with which we’ve historic and cultural ties that return to earlier than 1975. We should reaffirm these,” mentioned Overseas Affairs, Worldwide Enterprise and Worldwide Cooperation Minister Albert Ramdin.
Ramdin, who, together with the primary woman, Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry, is a part of the official delegation, mentioned the main target of the go to will likely be on enhancing commerce relations, diplomatic consultations, and joint tasks that may contribute to the financial progress of Suriname and the 2 islands.
“We’re decided to develop each political and commerce relations additional. This contains stimulating the export of Surinamese merchandise and exploring funding alternatives,” he mentioned.
The delegation will first go to Aruba after which journey to Curacao, and Ramdin mentioned that agreements to formalize the collaborations are hoped to be signed.
“We can even have conferences with the enterprise group to see how they need to reply to funding alternatives in Suriname,” Ramdin mentioned, noting that the federal government attaches nice worth to the Surinamese diaspora in Aruba and Curacao.
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