With President Irfaan Ali already expressing his disappointment to Surinamese President Chandrikapersad Santokhi over the reneging on the promised 150 fishing licences to Guyanese, he yesterday said that representatives from the two countries will soon meet to discuss the issue.
“I reached out to President Santokhi. There is active work going on right now, in relation to the boats that were kept on the Surinamese side. That matter is being resolved right now. We have agreed that a high-level meeting will take place within the next two weeks,” the president yesterday told reporters on the sidelines of the launch of the National Population and Housing Census.
Ali said that it was relayed to him by Surinamese officials that an issue they have is that when licences are granted to Guyanese, they in turn rent them out to other persons here. “That is one of the grey areas over there”, he said
