Suriname 40 years of independence

Suriname is Wednesday forty years of independence from the Netherlands.

The capital Paramaribo is therefore not bring the scene of heads of state that come their congratulations. Netherlands even sent no minister or other dignitary to its former colony. The Dutch ambassador Ernst Northman is Thursday attended a special meeting of the parliament and a parade of the Surinamese army.

At the time of independence Suriname had more than twenty years a semi- autonomous status within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Under the Declaration of Independence appeared in 1975 the signature of Queen Juliana, Prime Minister Den Uyl and on behalf of the new republic 's first president Johan Ferrier.