Brazil, Guyana, Suriname postpone joint energy plan

Brazil, Guyana, Suriname postpone joint energy plan

Kingston, 21 January (Argus) — The leaders of Brazil, Guyana and Suriname have postponed the creation of a regional energy corridor after Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro left discussions early.

Bolsonaro, whose country's abundant pre-salt natural gas reserves would anchor the proposed corridor, returned to Brazil prematurely because of his mother's death.

The discussions on the Arco Norte project started in Suriname yesterday, and were to conclude in Guyana today, but "have been set back because president Bolsonaro has had to return home," a Guyanese government official told Argus today. No date for the resumption of talks has been set.