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Suriname swears in new ambassador to Guyana
President Desi Bouterse congratulates Suriname’s new Ambassador to Guyana
Suriname, on Tuesday, appointed a new ambassador to Guyana. The Dutch nation’s President, Desi Bouterse swore in Nisha Kurban-Baboe, a resident of Nickerie.
The swearing-in ceremony took place in Nieuw Nickerie, the district’s capital, which is at the border between the Guyana and Suriname, reports out of the country said.
Reports out of the Dutch nation said that it was the second time in a matter of months that the government took an important ceremony to the western district. On November 25, 2012, Nickerie hosted the country’s elaborate 37th Independence Day celebrations.
Kurban-Baboe’s appointment and the venue of the ceremony are seen as a move that should appease the people from her district.
The new ambassador is said to have studied sociology. She previously served at Suriname’s embassy in Brazil. She said her intentions are to strengthen relations between Suriname and Guyana.
“The accent should be on what connects us and not what sets us apart,” she said.
Kurban-Baboe succeeds Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan, who represented Suriname in Guyana since the late nineties. President Bouterse lauded Soeknandan’s work, hinting that his Government maintained her services even though she came from a different political camp.
Bouterse said the departing ambassador contributed to his making a good impression on behalf of Suriname during his tenure as Chairman of CARICOM in the first six months of 2012. Soeknandan will now serve as Suriname’s permanent representative to CARICOM.
The Dutch President said that his Government’s approach to Suriname’s relationship with neighbouring countries is hinged on integration and strategic alliances.
A good foundation was laid with former Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo, and the “good cooperation” is being continued with current President Donald Ramotar.
The Surinamese President continued that the cooperation policy is that Guyana and Suriname rather look at integration than at problems they inherited from their colonial past.
Bouterse was referring to the border dispute, in which both countries claim ownership of an enormous, resource-rich parcel of land in Suriname’s south west (and Guyana’s south east). Bouterse however said he was confident in Kurban-Baboe, whom he characterized as a party favourite and an example for the youth.
The new ambassador said she was “convinced that the knowledge and experience gained over the past year and a half (in Brazil) are a very good basis to find my way in the diplomatic world of today.”
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