PM Modi arrives in Guyana to unprecedented welcome, handed over key to Georgetown city

PM Modi arrives in Guyana to unprecedented welcome, handed over key to Georgetown city

PM Modi arrives in Guyana to unprecedented welcome, handed over key to Georgetown city

GEORGETOWN (GUYANA): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Guyana on Wednesday -- the first visit by an Indian head of the state in more than 50 years -- said his visit “will deepen the friendship between our nations.”

In an unprecedented gesture, Modi was received at the airport by Guyana President Irfan Ali, his counterpart Mark Anthony Phillips and over a dozen cabinet ministers while at the hotel, they were joined by the Prime Ministers of Grenada Dickon Mitchell and Barbados Mia Amor Mottley too.

Modi was also handed over the ‘Key to the City of Georgetown’ as a testament to the close India-Guyana ties, officials said.