New Delhi (TIP) – India is doing its duty as a ‘Vishwa Bandhu’ for global brotherhood, in the spirit of ‘democracy first, humanity first’, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi said on Thursday, Nov 21, in Guyana on the last-leg of his three-country trip. Modi added that humanity guides India’s decision-making and that it has never moved forward with “selfishness, expansionist vision, nor harboured any feeling of seizing resources”.
He said India had shown that democracy is in our DNA, vision, and acts.
Speaking at the special session of Parliament of Guyana, the PM said that India does not view island nations as small countries “but as large ocean countries”. “Bharat says every nation matters,” he added, inviting them to visit India.
Talking about development partnership, he gave the slogan of ‘collaborate globally, act locally’.
Modi said India-Guyana ties were of ‘mitti’ (soil) and full of cordiality. He talked about his visit twenty-four years ago, when he had visited the island nation as a “curious person to learn about culture and heritage of this beautiful country”.
Modi began his three-nation trip on Sunday from Nigeria — the first visit by an Indian PM in 17 years.
His next stop was Brazil to attend the G20 Summit, where he met top international leaders such as US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, and British PM Keir Starmer.
Guyana and Dominica conferred top awards on Modi for his contribution during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Indian PM became only the fourth foreign leader to be awarded ‘The Order of Excellence’ by Guyana.
In another ceremony, Dominican President Sylvanie Burton conferred the ‘Dominica Award of Honour’ upon the PM.
India had sent 70,000 Astra Zeneca vaccines to the Carribean nation in 2021.
‘Democracy first’: In Guyana, PM Modi says never moved forward with expansionist vision
