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 folks of India,” Modi stated in a submit 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 submit on X.
Guyana and Barbados can 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 couple of days in the past.
“In February 2021, Prime Minister Modi equipped Dominica with 70,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine – a beneficiant reward which enabled Dominica to increase assist to its Caribbean neighbours,” learn an announcement by the workplace of the Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit.
The award additionally recognises India’s assist for Dominica in healthcare, schooling and knowledge expertise below Modi’s management and his position in selling local weather resilience-building initiatives and sustainable growth on a world degree, 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 provide of the award, Prime Minister Modi emphasised the significance of collaboration in tackling international challenges equivalent to 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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