Port of Spain/New Delhi: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar will be in India on a 10-day state visit beginning Thursday, during which she will be the chief guest at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) diaspora conclave in Jaipur Jan 7-9.
This is the first visit by Trinidad and Tobago head of state in 15 years, according to the Indian ministry of external affairs.
Persad Bissessar, who traces her roots to India, will be in this country at the invitation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. She will be accompanied by her spouse, Gregory Bissessar. The Trinidad and Tobago prime minister will be leading a high-level ministerial and business delegation as the country moves to finalise Memorandas of Understanding (MoUs) in the areas of energy, agriculture, education, medicine, information and communication technology, fashion, film production and animation.
Her delegation will include the ministers for energy, foreign affairs and communications, trade and industry, food production, lands and marine affairs, science, technology and tertiary education and public utilities, as also members of the business community.
Besides Delhi and Jaipur, Persad Bissessar will also go to Jodhpur in Rajasthan, Kolkata, Mumbai, apart from visiting her ancestral village in Buxar district of Bihar, an Indian ministry of external affairs release said.
(Source http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5725612)
