President Ram Nath Kovind has arrived in Jamaica for a state visit, the first by any Indian President to the Caribbean country, during which he will hold chats with his partner Governor-General Patrick Allen, Prime Minister Andrew Holness and different dignitaries.
President Kovind, joined by his better half Savita Kovind, showed up here on Sunday for the principal leg of his two-country visit that will likewise take him to St Vincent and Grenadines.
“Sir Patrick Allen, Governor-General of Jamaica and PM Andrew Holness got President Kovind at the air terminal,” the President’s Office tweeted.
“The Presidential visit is occurring in the 60th commemoration year of the foundation of political relations between the two nations. The President was agreed a praiseworthy watchman on his appearance,” it said.
State leader Holness said he was profoundly satisfied to stretch out a warm Jamaican greeting to Kovind and his significant other.
“This is the primary state visit of an Indian President to Jamaica. Welcome to Jamaica, His Excellency the Honorable Ram Nath Kovind,” he tweeted.
Jamaica Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina J Smith said they anticipate “fortifying the companionship between our nations” during Kovind’s visit.
He will start his visit by paying his deference to the dedication of Marcus Garvey, the public legend of Jamaica. Garvey was a political lobbyist, distributer, writer, business visionary and speaker.
Kovind will examine the whole array of the multi-layered connection between the two nations during his discussions with the Governor-General and the Prime Minister, The Gleaner, a Jamaican paper cited India’s high official to Jamaica Rungsung Masakui as saying.
The President will be in Jamaica till May 18. During the visit, he will hold appointment level discussions with Governor-General Allen. He will likewise meet Prime Minister Holness and different dignitaries. He will address the Joint Sitting of the two Houses of the Jamaican Parliament, as per the Ministry of External Affairs.
Jamaica and India have agreeable relations. Jamaica is likewise one of the Girmitya nations with a 70,000 in number Indian diaspora, which goes about as a living scaffold with India,” it said.
“The visit comes at a critical achievement as 2022 is the 60th commemoration of the foundation of strategic relations among India and Jamaica. Besides, India and Jamaica are commending the 75th and 60th commemorations of their autonomy individually,” it added. PTI
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