India on Saturday(18 November 2024) sent 425 metric tonnes of food grains and other edible items to Suriname as part of its development assistance to the South American country.

• External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the consignment was sent to support Suriname’s social welfare programme.
• The first consignment of approximately 425 metric tonnes of food grains and other edible items left India for Paramaribo.
• India enjoys close, warm and friendly relations with Suriname, reinforced by cultural and people-to-people contacts bridged by the Indian Diaspora’s arrival dating back to one and a half-century.
• Several high-level visits have been exchanged since establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Suriname in 1976 with Indian Embassy opened in Paramaribo in 1977 and Surinamese Embassy in New Delhi in 2000.