India’s Modi offers aid to Caribbean nations while meeting leaders in Guyana

Associated Press

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Guyana, marking the first visit by an Indian leader in more than 50 years to the South American country with diaspora ties. Guyana serves as headquarters for the 15-member Caribbean trade bloc known as Caricom, and Modi was expected to meet with regional leaders Wednesday as part of the India-Caricom summit. He arrived with promises to help the region in areas including health, energy and agriculture. He also announced mobile hospitals for rural areas and ferry boats for marine transport. But Caribbean leaders reserved their loudest applause when Modi said India would share technology for combatting seaweed infestations.