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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 ...

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