Jagdeo refuses to name country that requested Bouterse arrest

Bharrat Jagdeo and Desi Bouterse

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday refused to name the country that he said asked Guyana’s assistance in arresting Suriname’s President Desi Bouterse when he visited here.

“I’m not gonna say that now,” he said, responding to a question from this newspaper at a press conference at State House. The Head-of-State said he was not the only person from “our side” present when the request was made “but I don’t want to name that country.”

Late last month, Jagdeo revealed that he refused a request to facilitate the arrest of Bouterse during a visit here. “A particular foreign nation asked us if we will arrest the President of Suriname