India Trinidad & Tobago Relations

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Overview

1. News in Brief
2. What are the outcomes of the visit?
3. India Trinidad & Tobago Relations
4. Trinidad & Tobago Explained with Map 

Why in the News?

Recently Prime Minister visited Trinidad & Tobago.

News in Brief

• Official Visit to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago from 3 to 4 July 2025 at the invitation of the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
• First bilateral visit by an Indian Prime Minister in 26 years.
• It has great significance as it coincided with the 180th anniversary of the arrival of Indian immigrants to Trinidad and Tobago in 1845.
• The two Prime Ministers held comprehensive discussions on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest.

What are the outcomes of the visit?

MoUs / Agreements signed

• MoU on Indian Pharmacopoeia
• Agreement on Indian Grant Assistance for Implementation of Quick Impact Projects (QIPs)
• Programme of Cultural Exchanges for the period 2025-2028
• MoU on Cooperation in Sports
• MoU on Co-operation in Diplomatic Training
• MoU on the re-establishment of two ICCR Chairs of Hindi and Indian Studies at the University of West Indies (UWI), Trinidad and Tobago

Announcements made by the Hon’ble PM

• Extension of OCI card facility up to 6th generation of Indian Diaspora members in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T): Earlier, this facility was available upto 4th generation of Indian Diaspora members in T&T
• Gifting of 2000 laptops to school students in T&T
• Formal handing over of agro-processing machinery (USD 1 million) to NAMDEVCO
• Holding of Artificial Limb Fitment Camp (poster-launch) in T&T for 50 days for 800 people
• Under the ‘Heal in India’ program, specialised medical treatment will be offered in India
• Gift of twenty (20) Hemodialysis Units and two (02) Sea ambulances to T&T to assist in the provision of healthcare
• Solarisation of the headquarters of T&T’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Caribbean Community by providing rooftop photovoltaic solar panels
• Celebration of Geeta Mahotsav at Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Cultural Cooperation in Port of Spain, coinciding with the Geeta Mahotsav celebrations in India
• Training of Pandits of T&T and the Caribbean region in India

India Trinidad & Tobago Relations

• India and Trinidad and Tobago established diplomatic relations on 31 August 1962 when they get independence.
• Trinidad and Tobago has a diplomatic Mission in India.
• Indian PM paid a State Visit to Trinidad and Tobago in February 1999.

Economic & Commercial Relations

• Trade Agreement was signed between India and T&T in January 1997, accords Most Favoured Nation (MFN).
• potential for growth of bilateral trades in IT and IT-Enabled Services, Pharmaceuticals, Agriculture and Agro-Biotechnology, Renewable Energy (Wind & Solar), Tourism (including Medical Tourism), Textiles and Garments, Higher Education, Automobiles, Ayurveda and Wellness and Films, Music, etc.
• Major items of India’s exports to Trinidad & Tobago are: Vehicles, Rolling Stock, Parts and Accessories; Iron and Steel; Pharmaceutical Products; Plastic and Articles, etc.
• Major items of India’s Imports from T&T are: Mineral Fuels, Mineral Oils and Products of their Distillation; Bituminous Substances; Mineral Waxes; Iron and Steel; Ores, Slag & Ash; Aluminium etc.

People-to-People Relations

• More than 250 members of Diaspora have visited India under the Know India Programme (KIP), including 41 during 2023-24 and 24 in 2024-25.
• The Mission has been engaged in active cultural diplomacy through its Cultural Wing, Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Cultural Cooperation (MGICC).
• A series of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)-sponsored cultural troupes have visited T&T in recent times, giving performances across the country.

Trinidad & Tobago Explained with Map 

• The southernmost island country in the Caribbean.
• The capital city is Port of Spain.
• Trinidad for centuries prior to Spanish colonisation.
• Trinidad and Tobago were ceded to Britain in 1802 under the Treaty of Amiens.
• Trinidad and Tobago obtained independence in 1962 and became a republic in 1976.
• Indians lasted from 1845 to 1917, during which time more than 147,000 Indians came to Trinidad to work on sugarcane plantations.

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