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- ↑ De Ware Tijd, ‘Bedrijfsleven gaat mee met hechtere relaties Suriname-India’, Ivan Cairo, 6 November 2018 (in Dutch)
- ↑ United News, SICCI: We hebben een agressieve overheid en agressief bedrijfsleven nodig, 6 Mei 2018 (in Dutch)
- 1 2 Dagblad Suriname, Sicci gelanceerd om zakelijke relaties met India te verscherpen, 8 Mei 2018 (in Dutch)
- ↑ De Ware Tijd, Handelskamers Suriname en India beginnen samenwerking, Ivan Cairo, 10 maart 2018 (in Dutch)
- ↑ United News, Suriname India Chamber of Commerce and Industry pakt groots uit op united Caribbean Business Fair 2018, 8 Mei 2018 (in Dutch)