Minister of Foreign Affairs Lygia Kraag-keteldijk of Suriname

Foreign Affairs Minister Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk said that while the government did not know the full extent of the initiative being proposed by Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada, St.

Kraag-Keteldijk said Manning presented Suriname’s President Ronald Venetiaan with a copy of the agreement he signed two weeks ago with the leaders of the three Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) countries to establish a political union by 2013.

This grant is a result of the good relations Suriname and Japan have had in the past decades and nothing more," she said.

Kraag-Keteldijk said the visit to Havana represents the interest of her country in strengthening friendship and bilateral cooperation bonds between the two countries.

Suriname’s Foreign Minister Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk was also quoted as having said that China’s charge d’affaires has met with Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Frederik Boekstaaf to voice Beijing’s disappointment over the matter.

bilateral cooperation bonds of the two countries.

Lygia Louise Irene Kraag-Keteldijk said the visit to Havana represents the interest of her country to strengthen friendship and bilateral cooperation bonds of the two countries.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname-FOLLOWING what the media has described as a whirlwind visit by Trinidad Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Suriname Foreign Minister Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk has stated that she is not ready to support the initiative for a political integration with other nations at this time.

Surinamese Foreign Minister Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk was also quoted as saying that the Chinese charge d'affaires had met Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Frederik Boekstaaf to voice Beijing's opposition to the visit.