Noting that India and Guyana have seen comparable slavery and struggles, PM Narendra Modi Thursday recalled the longstanding historic ties between the 2 nations, and famous that despite the geographical distance, shared heritage and democracy introduced the 2 nations shut collectively.
Addressing the Nationwide Meeting of the Parliament of Guyana throughout a particular session — the primary Indian PM to take action — Modi mentioned, “For the world, this isn’t a time for battle. It’s time to determine and remove the situations that result in battle. I imagine that house and sea needs to be topics of common cooperation, not common battle.”
“Within the final 250 years, India and Guyana have seen comparable slavery, comparable struggles. There was an identical craving for freedom from slavery… many individuals sacrificed their lives within the struggle for freedom right here and there too,” he mentioned, including that India’s mantra of ‘humanity first’ conjures up it to amplify the voice of the International South, together with on the current G20 Summit in Brazil.
Modi mentioned India has “by no means moved ahead with selfishness, expansionist perspective”, and has all the time been away from harbouring any feeling of seizing sources. Modi additionally asserted that it’s “time for awakening of the International South”, and for its members to come back collectively to create a brand new international order.
Conveying India’s help to the Caribbean area, Modi thanked President Irfaan Ali for internet hosting the 2nd India-CARICOM Summit. He mentioned that Guyana may turn out to be the bridge of alternatives between India and Latin America.
Guyana and Dominica conferred their prime awards on PM Modi for his contributions throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and his distinctive contributions to the worldwide group and efforts in strengthening ties with the 2 Caribbean nations.
