Last updated on June 28th, 2023 at 04:08 pm
President Droupadi Murmu met President CSantokhi of Suriname in Indore on the sidelines of the 17th PBD Convention. Both leaders discussed ways to further strengthen bilateral relations and advance cooperation in trade, energy, technology, and culture.
Santokhi was born on 3 February 1959 into an Indo-Surinamese Hindu family in Lelydorp, which is now known as district Wanica. The youngest in a family of nine children, he grew up in the countryside. His father worked at the harbor of Paramaribo and his mother worked as a shop assistant in Lelydorp.
