India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make a State visit to Trinidad and Tobago in the first week of July. Modi last visited Trinidad and Tobago in 2002 as part of a delegation of Indian Hindus attending the World Hindu Conference. This upcoming visit will mark his first official trip to the country since becoming India’s Prime Minister in 2014. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, when contacted by the Express yesterday, confirmed Modi’s visit and disclosed that she had extended an invitation to him.
“On behalf of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago I extended an invitation to Prime Minister Modi and we are pleased to announce that he will make a state visit to Trinidad and Tobago. He is expected to arrive in the first week of July. Several Memorandums of Understanding will be signed to strengthen bilateral relationships. There are ongoing discussions with our Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Indian High Commissioner,” Persad-Bissessar stated.
