Tigri Area

In 1969, three years after its independence, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) seized full control[2] of the disputed region when Suriname was still a constituent state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

[3][better source needed] The southern border of the Tigri Area meets with the Brazilian state of Pará and, to establish this boundary, Brazil sought cooperation with Britain as they considered it under control of British Guiana and not the Netherlands.

In 1936, a Mixed Commission established by the British and Dutch government agreed to award the full width of the Corentyne River to Suriname, as per the 1799 agreement.

[4] In the present village of Kuruni near the Coeroenie Airstrip, prefab houses were placed for workers on a planned weir.

On 12 December 1967, four armed men of the Guyana police force landed at Oronoque, and ordered the workers to leave the area.

[7] On 19 August 1969, border skirmishes occurred between Guyanese forces and Surinamese militias at Camp Tigri, which was subsequently conquered by Guyana.

[3] In November 1970 the Surinamese and Guyanese governments agreed in Trinidad and Tobago to withdraw their military forces from the Triangle.

[8][9][10] Prior to Suriname's independence in 1975, President Henck Arron asked Prime Minister Joop den Uyl of the Netherlands for a precise definition of the borders.