Guwahati: Minister of state (MoS) for external affairs and textiles, Pabitra Margherita, on Thursday will embark on a 10-day official visit to five countries in Latin America and the Caribbean region. He is slated to visit Dominican Republic, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama and Trinidad & Tobago.
It will be his first foreign visit as minister of state, an official statement by the external affairs ministry read.“Visit of the minister of state to these five countries reaffirms India’s commitment to further strengthen our ties with the countries in Latin America and Caribbean region. It provides an opportunity to explore and advance our partnership in newer areas of mutual interest,” the MEA stated.
In the Dominican Republic, Margherita will attend the formal swearing-in-ceremony of President-elect Luis Abinader. In Guatemala, Margherita will call on President Cesar Bernardo Arevalo de Leon and Carlos Ramiro Martinez, minister of foreign affairs.
In El Salvador, Margherita will call on Nayib Bukele, President of the Republic of El Salvador, and will meet foreign affairs minister Alexandra Hill T. In Panama, the MoS will have delegation level talks with Panama foreign minister and meet Jose President Raul Mulino. TNN
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