Former Foreign Affairs Minister Rashleigh Jackson has said that the recent allegations that Suriname President Desi Bouterse and drug kingpin Roger Khan were involved in drug trafficking together until 2006 should have no implications for the relationship between the countries.
“I would say that the allegations will have no impact on the relationship between the two countries,” Jackson said in an invited comment to Stabroek News. He, however, added that Guyana could face some “pressure” for its refusal to facilitate Bouterse’s arrest during a visit here last year.
Since the period covered in the allegations, Bouterse has been elected President of Suriname. According to Jackson, following
