Editing Suriname (section)

===Foreign relations===
{{main|Foreign relations of Suriname}}
[[File:Hoekstra visits Suriname - 53019637854.jpg|thumb|President [[Chan Santokhi]] (right) with Dutch politician [[Wopke Hoekstra]], visiting to celebrate [[Ketikoti]] 2023 in [[Paramaribo]]]]
[[File:Diplomatic relations of Suriname.svg|thumb|Diplomatic relations of Suriname]]
Due to Suriname's Dutch colonial history, Suriname had a long-standing special relationship with the Netherlands.

In 1999, Dési Bouterse was convicted and sentenced ''in absentia'' in the Netherlands to 11 years of imprisonment for drug trafficking. He was the main suspect in the court case concerning the December murders, the 1982 assassination of opponents of military rule in [[Fort Zeelandia (Paramaribo)|Fort Zeelandia]], Paramaribo. He served as president between 2010 and 2020. These two cases still strain relations between the Netherlands and Suriname.<ref name="minbuza" />

The Dutch government stated during that time that it would maintain limited contact with the president.<ref name="minbuza">{{cite web|url=http://www.minbuza.nl/en/news/2011/11/the-netherlands-and-suriname-are-closely-linked.html|title=The Netherlands and Suriname are closely linked|publisher=MinBuZa.nl|date=18 November 2011|access-date=13 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163522/http://www.minbuza.nl/en/news/2011/11/the-netherlands-and-suriname-are-closely-linked.html|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bouterse was elected as president of Suriname in 2010. The Netherlands in July 2014 dropped Suriname as a member of its development program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110323/business/business81.html|title=Holland to redefine relationship with Suriname|work= Jamaica Gleaner|date=23 March 2011|access-date=13 July 2014}}</ref>

Since 1991, the United States has maintained positive relations with Suriname. The two countries work together through the [[Caribbean Basin Security Initiative]] (CBSI) and the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Suriname also receives military funding from the U.S. Department of Defense.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1893.htm|title=Suriname|publisher=US Department of State|date=3 September 2013|access-date=13 July 2014}}</ref>

Suriname has been a member of [[The Forum of Small States (FOSS)]] since the group's founding in 1992.<ref name="singaporebook">{{Cite book|title=50 Years of Singapore and the United Nations |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-4713-03-0 |year=2015 }}access-date=28 March 2024</ref>

[[European Union]] relations and cooperation with Suriname are carried out both on a bilateral and a regional basis. There are ongoing EU-[[Community of Latin American and Caribbean States]] (CELAC) and EU-[[CARIFORUM]] dialogues. Suriname is party to the [[Cotonou Agreement]], the partnership agreement among the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and the European Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eeas.europa.eu/suriname/index_en.htm|title=European Union – EEAS (European External Action Service) {{pipe}} EU Relations with Suriname|publisher=Europa (web portal)|date=19 June 2014|access-date=13 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="Suriname country profile"/>

On 17 February 2005, the leaders of [[Barbados]] and Suriname signed the "Agreement for the deepening of bilateral cooperation between the Government of Barbados and the Government of the Republic of Suriname."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caricom.org/jsp/speeches/bilateralcoop_barbados_suriname_arthur.jsp|title=STATEMENT BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE OWEN S. ARTHUR, PRIME MINISTER, BARBADOS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT FOR THE DEEPENING OF BILATERAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, 17 FEBRUARY 2005, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME|date=17 February 2005|publisher=Caribbean Community (CARICOM)|access-date=6 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803040613/http://www.caricom.org/jsp/speeches/bilateralcoop_barbados_suriname_arthur.jsp|archive-date=3 August 2012}}</ref> On 23–24 April 2009, both nations formed a Joint Commission in [[Paramaribo]], Suriname, to improve relations and to expand into various areas of cooperation.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132148/http://foreign.gov.bb/Userfiles/File/suriname%20and%20bados%20jc.pdf Agreement for the Suriname-Barbados Joint Commission]. foreign.gov.bb. 13 March 2009</ref> They held a second meeting toward this goal on 3–4 March 2011, in Dover, Barbados. Their representatives reviewed issues of agriculture, trade, investment, as well as international transport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gisbarbados.gov.bb/index.php?categoryid=13&p2_articleid=5380|title=BGIS Media – Press Releases – Second Meeting of the Barbados/Suriname Joint Commission|publisher=Gisbarbados.gov.bb|access-date=13 July 2014}}</ref>

In the late 2000s, Suriname intensified development cooperation with other developing countries. China's South-South cooperation with Suriname has included a number of large-scale infrastructure projects, including port rehabilitation and road construction. Brazil signed agreements to cooperate with Suriname in education, health, agriculture, and energy production.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.iadb.org/intal/intalcdi/integracion_comercio/i_INTAL_IYT_36_2013_Abdenur.pdf|title=South-South Cooperation in Suriname: New Prospects for Infrastructure Integration?|pages=95–104|journal=Integration and Trade|volume=36|year=2013|issue=17|author=Erthal Abdenur, Adriana|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108023826/http://www.iadb.org/intal/intalcdi/integracion_comercio/i_INTAL_IYT_36_2013_Abdenur.pdf|archive-date=8 January 2014}}</ref>