The award is a recognition of PM’s statesmanship and contribution to Dominica throughout the COVID-19.
Georgetown:
Dominica has conferred its high award on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his contributions to the Caribbean nation throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and his dedication to enhancing the bilateral partnership between India and Dominica.
The prime minister, who’s in Guyana on the final leg of his three-nation go to, was conferred the “Dominica Award of Honour” by President Sylvanie Burton of Dominica throughout the India-CARICOM Summit right here on Wednesday.
“Honoured to be conferred with highest nationwide award by Dominica. I dedicate it to the 140 crore individuals of India,” Modi stated in a put up on X.
“The award is a recognition of PM’s statesmanship and contribution to Dominica throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and his dedication to strengthening India-Dominica ties,” the Ministry of Exterior Affairs stated in a put up on X.
Guyana and Barbados will even confer their high awards on Prime Minister Modi, bringing his tally of worldwide honours to 19.
Dominica introduced its high award to Modi a number of days in the past.
“In February 2021, Prime Minister Modi provided Dominica with 70,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine – a beneficiant reward which enabled Dominica to increase help to its Caribbean neighbours,” learn an announcement by the workplace of the Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit.
The award additionally recognises India’s help for Dominica in healthcare, training and data expertise underneath Modi’s management and his function in selling local weather resilience-building initiatives and sustainable growth on a world stage, it learn.
The assertion quoted Prime Minister Skerrit as saying that the award is an expression of Dominica’s gratitude for Modi’s solidarity with Dominica and the broader area.
In accepting the supply of the award, Prime Minister Modi emphasised the significance of collaboration in tackling international challenges resembling local weather change and geopolitical conflicts and affirmed India’s dedication to working alongside Dominica and the Caribbean in addressing these points, the assertion underlined.
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