Indian PM Narendra Modi to visit Guyana for CARICOM-India Summit in Nov 2024

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to visit Georgetown, Guyana in November to attend the CARICOM-India Summit 2024. This trip by the Prime Minister will be a bilateral visit, aiming to enhance India’s relations with the CARICOM region.

As per the details, the Indian Prime Minister is expected to be in Guyana for two days. This visit by PM Modi to Georgetown coincides with his trip to Brazil, where he will be attending the G20 Summit.

This summit has been scheduled to take place on November 18 and 19, 2024 and will be attended by 19 member countries, including the African Union and the European Union.

This CARICOM-India Summit will allow several CARICOM leaders to meet the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. This meeting is expected to be a great opportunity for all the leaders to exchange significant dialogues on several topics aiming to foster their bilateral relations.

The primary focus of this summit is anticipated to be climate change, the blue economy and the crucial role that India can play in leading small island nations to growth and development. The Summit will include discussions on several topics including agriculture, health, disaster management, ICT, defence cooperation, education and training with a vision to bring direct benefits to all these areas leading the CARICOM region and India towards growth and development.

Moreover, the last time Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Guyana President, Irfaan Ali in January 2023 during the valedictory session of the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention in India. The leaders exchanged crucial discussions on several topics which are being expected this time as well, promoting the overall CARICOM region with the support and investment by India.

Also, this CARICOM-India Summit will be followed by a two-day second regional symposium on crime and violence in Guyana.

This symposium would bring several Caribbean leaders together with their vision to hold significant discussions on the possible causes of increasing crime and violence and the solutions that can be implemented in order to address all these causes.

The authorities noted that they are committed to take urgent action to protect the citizens of the countries, ensuring the safety, security and preservation of public interest in dealing with crime and violence.

They noted that such regional and national collaborations are critical to addressing the multifaceted challenges faced by Caribbean societies regarding crime and violence.

The first ever regional symposium on Crime and Security as a Public Health Issue was hosted by Trinidad and Tobago in April 2023. And, the second edition was initially scheduled to take place in Barbados, but now it will take place in Guyana.

While shedding light on the symposium, the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley stated that crime and violence have become a troubling development that has been threatening the safety and harmony of the communities.

She added that this symposium was scheduled to be held in Barbados but they knew that they had a Heads of Government Conference with a visiting Head of State from elsewhere, therefore they had to shift the conference.