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PM Modi arrives in Port of Spain, welcomed by PM Kamala Persad Bissessar

Port of Spain/New Delhi, July 3 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Port of Spain, on a two-day visit to Trinidad and Tobago, on Thursday afternoon, and in a special gesture, was welcomed at the airport by Prime Minister Kamala Persad Bissessar and the entire cabinet.
As his plane landed at Piarco International Airport, PM Kamala Persad Bissessar and the entire cabinet of Trinidad & Tobago, including 38 Ministers and four MPs were at the airport to receive the Indian PM. Indian High Commissioner to Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit was also present.
This is PM Modi's first visit to the country as Prime Minister and the first bilateral visit at the Prime Ministerial level to Trinidad and Tobago since 1999.
PM Modi was accorded Guard of Honour upon his arrival in Port of Spain, T&T.
PM Persad-Bissessar was attired in a royal blue and silver sari.
In his departure statement, PM Modi had said:
“On 3-4 July, I will be in the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, a country with which we share deep-rooted historical, cultural and people-to-people connect.
“I will meet President H.E. Mrs. Christine Carla Kangaloo, who was the Chief Guest at this year’s Pravasi Bhartiya Divas, and Prime Minister H.E. Mrs. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who has recently assumed office for the second term. “Indians first arrived in Trinidad and Tobago 180 years ago. This visit will provide an opportunity to rejuvenate the special bonds of ancestry and kinship that unite us.”
PM Modi arrived here from Ghana.
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