Modi arrives on Thursday, discussions revealed

The Gov­ern­ment has an­nounced the of­fi­cial vis­it of Prime Min­is­ter of In­dia Naren­dra Mo­di to Trinidad and To­ba­go from Ju­ly 3 to Ju­ly 4.

The vis­it marks a mile­stone in diplo­mat­ic re­la­tions be­tween Trinidad and To­ba­go and In­dia, which be­gan in 1962.

Dis­cus­sions dur­ing the vis­it are ex­pect­ed to fo­cus on strength­en­ing bi­lat­er­al co­op­er­a­tion in mul­ti­ple sec­tors. These in­clude fi­nance, for­eign pol­i­cy, jus­tice, ed­u­ca­tion, le­gal af­fairs, health, agri­cul­ture, trade, en­er­gy, cul­ture, sports, and in­for­ma­tion com­mu­ni­ca­tion tech­nol­o­gy.

The Gov­ern­ment in­di­cat­ed that the vis­it is in­tend­ed to lay the foun­da­tion for deep­er strate­gic col­lab­o­ra­tion be­tween both na­tions.

The vis­it of Prime Min­is­ter Mo­di fol­lows a se­ries of high-lev­el diplo­mat­ic en­gage­ments aimed at ad­vanc­ing bi­lat­er­al part­ner­ships across eco­nom­ic and so­cial de­vel­op­ment ar­eas.

Gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials from both coun­tries are ex­pect­ed to meet to dis­cuss ex­ist­ing co­op­er­a­tion frame­works and new op­por­tu­ni­ties for col­lab­o­ra­tion.

The two-day vis­it will in­clude of­fi­cial meet­ings with the Prime Min­is­ter of Trinidad and To­ba­go, as well as oth­er se­nior gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials.

Trinidad and To­ba­go and In­dia con­tin­ue to share his­tor­i­cal and cul­tur­al ties, with this vis­it serv­ing to ad­vance fu­ture co­op­er­a­tion be­tween both states.