Suriname apologises for arrest attempt at Guyana embassy

Suriname’s Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Lackin has conveyed apologies on behalf of his government for the attempt by police to arrest a staff member on the premises of the Guyana Embassy, at Paramaribo, where Ambassador Keith George was also assaulted while trying to intervene.

In a statement issued yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Lackin’s apology was conveyed in correspondence