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S. Jaishankar visited Trinidad and Tobago, and both countries signed eight Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) in sectors including tourism, healthcare, infrastructure, and Ayurveda.
Key Agreements Signed
The MoUs covered areas such as:
- Tourism cooperation
- Healthcare and prosthetics
- Infrastructure development
- Vector control
- Ayurveda promotion
- Solarisation projects
Important Projects
- National Prosthetics Centre: Inaugurated jointly in Penal, Trinidad and Tobago
- Indian Chair on Ayurveda: To be established at University of the West Indies
- Nelson Island Infrastructure Upgrade
- Restoration and infrastructure support for Nelson Island
- Historically linked to Indian indentured immigrants
- Agro Processing Facility: Machinery support worth:
- 1 million US dollars provided by India
- Laptop Distribution Initiative: India handed over the first batch of 2,000 laptops to schoolchildren
About Trinidad and Tobago
- Island nation in the Caribbean Sea
- Capital: Port of Spain
- Member of: CARICOM
About CARICOM
- Regional grouping of Caribbean countries
- Objective: Economic integration and cooperation
