Guyana and Barbados to Confer Their Highest National Honours on PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Guyana. Guyana's President Dr. Mohammad Irfan Ali and several ministers of his cabinet welcomed PM Modi at the airport. Meanwhile, information has come to light that Guyana and Barbados will confer their highest awards to Prime Minister Modi. Dominica also announced its highest award for Prime Minister Modi a few days ago. The number of international honours received by Prime Minister Modi has reached 19.

Guyana will confer its highest national award, "The Order of Excellence" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At the same time, Barbados will honour Prime Minister Modi with the prestigious Honorary Order of Freedom of Barbados. Dominica also announced a few days ago to confer its highest national award - the "Dominica Award of Honor" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honoured with a formal welcome and guard of honour in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana. During his visit, PM Modi will hold a bilateral meeting with President Mohamed Irfaan Ali and address a special sitting of the Guyana Parliament. He will also attend the second India-CARICOM summit. On his arrival in Guyana, President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali welcomed PM, Narendra Modi, with a hug. We had fascinating conversations and deepened global cooperation in areas such as sustainable development, growth, fighting poverty and using technology for a better future, he said before leaving for Guyana on Tuesday.

At the summit, he presented India's progress in overcoming poverty and fighting climate change and offered to share his expertise. With India emerging as the voice of the global south, he strongly reiterated the call for reforming global institutions and finding a fair and equitable way to share the burden of fighting climate change. During the two-day visit to Guyana, PM Modi will co-chair the India-CARICOM Summit, which will bring together leaders from 14 Caribbean countries with a large diaspora community and work on strengthening ties with the country, which is emerging as a major global energy source.

Giving a summary of the Prime Minister's participation in the G20 Summit, India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said that the New Delhi Leaders' Declaration adopted under PM Modi's leadership at the summit last year has found a place in the Rio Declaration. Briefing the media, Amitabh Kant said that Prime Minister Modi spoke in two sessions, one on hunger and poverty and the other on sustainable development. In both, he highlighted the huge impact India has made. Apart from this, PM Modi also held several formal bilateral meetings with leaders from across the world and spoke to many informally.

India also held a side event on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data for Governance. Among the many bilateral meetings of PM Modi, two are prominent. First- with UK PM Keir Starmer, where the two leaders agreed to resume negotiations for a free trade agreement and second, the 2nd India-Australia Annual Summit. Where PM Modi and Australian PM Anthony Albanese launched the India-Australia Renewable Energy Partnership and also agreed to enhance strategic cooperation as members of the Quad, the Indo-Pacific grouping that includes Japan and the US.