Despite Suriname recently calling Vice President’s Bharrat Jagdeo’s recent comments on its failure to deliver promised fishing licences to Guyanese, Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd yesterday said this country remains optimistic that the issue would be resolved.
Todd’s statement came in wake of Guyana’s ambassador to Suriname Keith George being summoned last Thursday by Suriname’s interim Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation (BIBIS) Krishna Mathoera over Jagdeo’s comments.
“My understanding was that the Surinamese government has mentioned the fact that we are in talks in terms of matters on the agenda being discussed. It is just to highlight the initiatives and the fact that there are ongoing discussions and for him [George] to report that to headquarters,” Todd yesterday told the Stabroek News.
