EAM Jaishankar visits Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago to boost ties

Jaishankar is also expected to have bilateral engagements and interactions with prominent business leaders and members of the Indian community

Updated on: May 2, 2026, 19:34:35 IST

By Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi

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External affairs minister S Jaishankar will visit Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago from May 2-10 to boost ties with countries that have a sizeable population of Indian-origin people.

Jaishankar will meet the leadership of the three countries. (X/ANI)

During the trip, Jaishankar will meet the leadership of the three countries and hold discussions with his counterparts on the gamut of bilateral relations and regional and global issues, the external affairs ministry said on Saturday while announcing the visit.

The visit aims to continue the momentum of India’s political engagements with Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, and to boost India’s longstanding and friendly relations with these countries, reflecting the mutual commitment to South-South cooperation and development, the ministry said.

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All three countries “share a special connection with India owing to the presence of Girmitiya communities,” the ministry said.

Jaishankar is also expected to have bilateral engagements and interactions with prominent business leaders and members of the Indian community in these countries.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rezaul H Laskar
Rezaul Hasan Laskar is Foreign Editor with the Hindustan Times, which he joined in 2015. He began as a journalist in his hometown of Shillong in northeast India and has worked in newspapers and wire services over the years. He moved to New Delhi in 1997 and initially focused on defence, national security, Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast, while also working of foreign policy and international relations. He has been part of the media delegation accompanying PMs on foreign visits and has reported from destinations ranging from Tibet to Ukraine. Between 2007 and 2013, he was the Press Trust of India correspondent in Pakistan, one of only two Indian journalists allowed to report from the country. He extensively covered Pakistan’s domestic politics and the life of the common people, as well as the fallout of the 2008 Mumbai attacks on India-Pakistan relations and the subsequent trial in Pakistan of the suspects involved in the attack. As part of his reportage in Pakistan, he travelled the breadth of the country, from the Swat Valley to Balochistan. Reza’s first gig in journalism was writing a weekly music column, and music – especially classic rock – remains a keen interest. He is also a movie buff and a keen photographer.Read More

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