The Suriname India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) is an international, semi-governmental

chamber of commerce A chamber of commerce, or board of trade, is a form of business network. For example, a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to ad ...

that is aiming at strengthening the economic ties between

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

and

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

,De Ware Tijd
‘Bedrijfsleven gaat mee met hechtere relaties Suriname-India’
Ivan Cairo, 6 November 2018 and for the long term between the Caribbean region and India. It was founded on 4 May 2018 at the Indian cultural establishment of Lalla Rookh in

Paramaribo Paramaribo (; ; nicknamed Par'bo) is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's ...

, with the attendance of the Surinamese Vice-president

Ashwin Adhin Michael Ashwin Satyandre Adhin (born 10 June 1980) is a Surinamese educator, politician, and was the Vice President of Suriname between 2015 and 2020. He is a member of the National Democratic Party. At the age of 35, he became the youngest vice p ...

and Minister of Trade and Industry Stephen Tsang, and the Indian ambassador Satendar Kumar.Dagblad Suriname
Sicci gelanceerd om zakelijke relaties met India te verscherpen
8 Mei 2018 The memoranum of understanding was signed on 9 March 2018 on the Surinamese embassy in

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in India by delegates of SICCI and the Indian Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), with the attendance of the Surinamese ambassador Aashna Kanhai.De Ware Tijd
Handelskamers Suriname en India beginnen samenwerking
Ivan Cairo, 10 maart 2018 SICCI is greatly focused on recruiting Indian companies for establishments in Suriname in accordance with five projects in the fields of

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, food and agriculture, and to participate in a star-up centre and a centre of expertise. In October 2018 SICCI ran a pavilion for India on the United Caribbean Business Fair in Paramaribo.United News
Suriname India Chamber of Commerce and Industry pakt groots uit op united Caribbean Business Fair 2018
8 Mei 2018

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Official Facebook page

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