By Ivan Cairo, May 14, 2007
Caribbean Net News Suriname Correspondent
PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Delegations from Suriname and Indonesia will meet in Paramaribo to discuss cooperation in several fields. To expand the relationship between the two countries, the two governments established a Joint Commission to explore and discuss fields of interest. The third meeting of the Joint Commission is scheduled from Monday 14 to Wednesday 16 May, 2007.
According to a press release by the Indonesian embassy in Suriname, the delegates will evaluate the implementation of the result of the first and the second Joint Commission meetings held in 2001 and 2003, respectively in Paramaribo and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Several of the items have not been implemented such as army training and scholarship programs.
The parties will discuss, among other things, investment, technical assistance in handicrafts, wood carving, agriculture fisheries, textile processing cooperation in trade, air transport, tourism, energy, education and crime prevention. These topics will be discussed by Working Groups.
At the end of the meeting the results will be compiled in the Agreed Minutes, which is planned to be signed by the Heads of Delegation.
The Surinamese delegations is led by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ambassador Frederik Boekstaaf, while the Director General of American and European Affairs, Eddi Hariyadhi will lead the Indonesian delegation.
Suriname and Indonesia have for over 50 years diplomatic and cultural relations. According to the Indonesian embassy, “The position of Suriname is very special, important and unique because part of the Surinamese community came from Indonesia.”
Surinamese from Indonesian descent are the third largest ethnic group in the country and the largest in South-America and the Caribbean.
Cooperation in the fields of politics, economy and culture are good. In politics, Suriname always supports Indonesia’s position and Indonesia’s candidacies in many international fora, said the embassy in its press release.
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