PM Modi meets outstanding West Indies cricket personalities in Guyana

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute on the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, on the Promenade Backyard in Georgetown on Thursday, November 21, 2024.
| Photograph Credit score: ANI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met outstanding cricket personalities from the West Indies and emphasised throughout the assembly that the game serves as a novel bond connecting India with the Caribbean.

The Prime Minister arrived right here in Guyana on Wednesday (November 20, 2024), making it the primary go to by an Indian head of state to the nation in additional than 50 years.

He met the cricket personalities together with Guyanese President Irfaan Ali on Thursday.

“Innings of friendship! PM @narendramodi together with President @DrMohamedIrfaa1 of Guyana met with outstanding Cricket personalities from the West Indies immediately in Georgetown,” the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) stated in a submit on X.

“Speaking of people-to-people ties, PM famous that Cricket binds India with the Caribbean like no different medium!” the submit added, sharing pictures of the assembly.

The Prime Minister is in Guyana on the final leg of his three-nation go to.

The go to included a “productive” journey to Nigeria, which was the primary journey to the West African nation by an Indian Prime Minister in 17 years.

From Nigeria, Mr. Modi travelled to Brazil to attend the G20 Summit.

In Brazil, he met world leaders, together with US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.