Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Guyana on Wednesday after attending the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is the last leg of his three-day visit. After spending two days there, he will leave for the country on Friday. Meanwhile, the Guyana and Barbados administrations have announced that the Prime Minister of India will be given their highest civilian honour.
The prime minister's plane landed in Guyana on Wednesday morning. Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali was present at the airport. There were also important leaders of the country. On Wednesday, Modi will address the Guyana Parliament at the invitation of the president. He will also attend a meeting organized by the Indian diaspora of the country. This is the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Guyana since 1968. In 1968, the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi visited Guyana. After that, no Indian leader set foot on the soil of Guyana for 56 long years.
About 320,000 people of Indian origin live in Guyana. They also welcomed Modi in the country. The Prime Minister is confident that his visit to Guyana will rekindle the historical ties between the two countries.
The prime minister had left for Brazil on Saturday to attend the G20 Summit to be held on November 18-19. The purpose was to attend the meeting as well as visit three countries in five days. First, go to Nigeria. On Sunday, the government of Nigeria awarded him the country's second highest civilian honour. He spent two days there and arrived in Brazil on Monday and attended the G20 summit. This year, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. invited leaders from different countries to attend the summit. Leaders from Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, the United States, France, and other countries were present.
