Foreign Affairs

Suriname’s Foreign Affairs Minister Albert Ramdin on Saturday said he was confident that he was well on his way to being elected the next Secretary General of the 34-nation Organisation of American States (OAS), having already secured concrete support from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) bloc of nations and several Latin American countries. “So far, we have received on the basis ...

Suriname’s Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin on Friday summoned Guyana’s Ambassador, Virjanand Depoo to a meeting and handed him a protest note to register that Dutch-speaking nation’s objection to Guyana’s plans to upgrade the airstrip in the New River Triangle. Suriname’s claim to the 6,000 square mile New River Triangle dates back to 1871 when a geologist and explorer discovered the ...

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who received Guyana’s highest national award, the Order of Excellence, on Wednesday praised President Irfaan Ali for his role among the Indian Diaspora in the country. “Today, the Indian community in Guyana is making a very important contribution to its development. President Irfaan Ali is, himself, a brand ambassador for the Indian community. This is ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said the Guyana government would be taking advantage of the new Donald Trump-led administration to dispel a number of opposition-fomented lies against his administration. “We’re looking forward to debunk all of the lies particularly with the new administration when it takes office in January,” he told a news conference at his ruling People’s Progressive ...

Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, who travelled to Guyana earlier this year and successfully lobbied foreign ministers and leaders of independent Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states, was Friday elected the new Commonwealth Secretary-General. “Truly humbled by the overwhelming support of the Commonwealth Heads of Government in selecting me as the incoming Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. The work indeed lies ...

American Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot on Friday said the United States (US) was paying attention to the swirling corruption allegations in the Guyana Police Force (GPF). “We don’t want to be providing resources and funding to an organisation that has those issues but, again, they are just allegations at this point,” she told Demerara Waves Online News. Emphasising that ...

Britain’s Trade Commissioner for Latin America and the Caribbean, Jonathan Knott said he would ask his government to increase its United Kingdom Export Finance (UKEF) funding to Guyana once all of the already increased amount has been exhausted. “The first thing we’ve got to do is exhaust the limit of UK Export Finance financing. My hope is that we’re super ...

The United States (US) is disappointed that only two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states endorsed a joint statement calling for democracy in Venezuela, but welcomes Guyana and Suriname’s support.  “We were extremely pleased that the governments of Guyana and Suriname signed on to that statement. It’s incredibly important to us that we are all together in defending democracy in this ...

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member-nations would have to thrash out their different positions on Venezuela, as the six members of the sub-regional Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have come out in support of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro whose re-election has been condemned at home and abroad. President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNAG), Ambassador Dennis Francis declined to comment directly ...

-Nazar Mohamed resigns from neighbourhood council President Irfaan Ali on Thursday said government decided to impose sanctions on Nazar Mohamed and his son, Azruddin as well their businesses without any evidence from the United States (U.S.), but relied on the announcement by the Treasury Department. “Suppose, at the time of sanctions, there was a transaction in process, gold being sold ...