Caribbean Community neighbours Suriname
and Guyana
have welcomed the ruling of an international tribunal which ended their
long-standing maritime border dispute.
In a nationally televised broadcast, Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo said all five panellitsts sitting in the tribunal at the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled in favour of Guyana in the centuries-old dispute with Suriname.
President Jagdeo predicted a "new era of cooperation" with Suriname now that the long-standing source of contention between the two CARICOM states has been finally settled.
Suriname's President Ronald Venetiaan told a news conference in Paramaribo that his administration was happy with the ruling and urged citizens to respect and accepts the ruling since Suriname is party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
In a nationally televised broadcast, Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo said all five panellitsts sitting in the tribunal at the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled in favour of Guyana in the centuries-old dispute with Suriname.
President Jagdeo predicted a "new era of cooperation" with Suriname now that the long-standing source of contention between the two CARICOM states has been finally settled.
Suriname's President Ronald Venetiaan told a news conference in Paramaribo that his administration was happy with the ruling and urged citizens to respect and accepts the ruling since Suriname is party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
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