Bilateral co-operation between Georgetown and Paramaribo was over the weekend agreed when two recently-elected presidents – Guyana’s Irfaan Ali and Suriname’s Chandrika-persad Santokhi – held discussions on oil and gas and a bridge across the Corentyne among other areas.
With Suriname experienced in the oil sector, President Ali said that Guyana and its private sector could learn a lot, especially in the area of local content, from its neighbour to the East. And like Guyana, Suriname currently has a number of ongoing oil and gas explorations which are near to this country’s basin.
“This co-operation will not be government to government cooperation. Government should facilitate and they should facilitate the private sector, so there will be an increased private sector (input) between the two countries,” Santokhi yesterday told a press conference which was held at State House.
