External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar called on the President of Guyana Irfaan Ali on Saturday and noted his enthusiasm for Millets after his visit to India.
At a time when Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari's is scheduled to visit Goa and terrorists have carried out an attack in Poonch, Congress MP Manish Tiwari on Saturday asked what has happened to the NDA government's policy of not holding a dialogue when there is terror.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his counterpart from Saint Lucia Alva Baptiste and said that he appreciated his insights at the India-CARICOM ministerial held in Guyana on Friday.
Two photographs of Sri Lankan origin were unveiled at the office of the State Minister of External Affairs and Culture in Delhi on Saturday to mark the 75th anniversary of Indo-Lanka diplomatic relations.
"Co-chaired 4th India-CARICOM Ministerial Meeting with Jamaican FM @kaminajsmith at @CARICOMorg HQ. Thank FM Guyana Hugh Todd for inviting us all," Jaishankar tweeted on Saturday.
In a report carried by Xinhua News Agency, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said that the country's grain output is expected to reach 694 million tonnes in 2023, with the output of rice and wheat remaining stable and that of corn and soybean increasing.
Taking to Twitter, Jaishankar said, "Thank Secretary General Dr Carla Natalie Barnett for the warm welcome at the @CARICOMorg. Congratulated her at #CARICOM50. Exchanged views for intensifying India-CARICOM ties in traditional as well as new areas of cooperation."
The EAM will make official visits to Guyana (April 21-23), Panama (April 24-25), Colombia (April 25-27) and the Dominican Republic (April 27-29), the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.
The EAM said: "Our team in Delhi is in continuous touch with the Indians in Sudan, advising them, saying we know it's very difficult for everybody but keep calm and don't take unnecessary risk. I hope that the efforts will yield something very soon."