Indian President holds bilateral talks with Jamaica |
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on May 16th met Jamaica Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen and discussed bilateral cooperation in the field of Information Technology and related services, medical and pharma sector, sports and education, tourism and development partnership. President Kovind, accompanied by his wife Savita Kovind, arrived on May 15th on a state visit, the first by any Indian President to the Caribbean country. The President inaugurated the India-Jamaica Friendship Garden in Kingston. The President also planted a sandalwood sapling at Hope Botanical Gardens. Kovind also laid a wreath at the shrine of Marcus Garvey, the national hero of Jamaica. Garvey was a political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, orator. The President, who arrived here on the first leg of his two-nation tour that will also take him to St Vincent and Grenadines, will be in Jamaica till May 18. The Presidential visit is happening on the 60th anniversary year of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
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