TRINIDAD and Tobago reaffirmed its full support to India for a permanent membership of an expanded United Nations Security Council, according to a joint statement released on Saturday. It was also agreed that India would support Trinidad and Tobago’s candidature for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the period 2027-28, and the island nation would support New Delhi’s bid for the period 2028-29. On Friday, India and Trinidad and Tobago had inked six agreements to boost cooperation in several sectors, including infrastructure and pharmaceuticals, following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart from the Caribbean nation, Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

 

In the meeting held on Friday, Prime Minister Modi announced a decision by India to issue Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cards up to the sixth generation of the Indian diaspora of Trinidad and Tobago, where over 40 per cent of the population is of Indian origin. Modi landed in Port of Spain on Thursday in the second leg of his five-nation tour. It is the first bilateral visit by an Indian Prime Minister to this Caribbean island nation since 1999.