Bouterse wants dialogue with Granger on New River Triangle

While maintaining renewed claims to the New River Triangle area, Suriname’s President Desi Bouterse says he wants dialogue with President David Granger on the issue, Surinamese newspaper de Ware Tijd has reported.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge, who is overseas, said the Ministry was aware of the de Ware Tijd report. “We look forward to hearing from the Suriname authorities in due course and will be ready to engage Mr Bouterse and his teams at a mutually agreed time,” he wrote in an email response to Stabroek News.

According to the de Ware Tijd report,