It is a matter of great pride for us all in India and for the diaspora globally that Governments in Suriname and Guyana are now headed by the respective Presidents with Indian roots. We are confident that under the dynamic leadership of H.E. Mr. Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President of the Republic of Suriname, bilateral relations in all spheres will scale new heights in the coming times.

In the recent years, there has been a great dynamism in India-Suriname relations. The first ever historic state visit of the Hon’ble President of India H.E. Mr. Ram Nath Kovind to Suriname took place in June 2018. Vice-President (VP) of Suriname, H.E. Mr. Michael Ashwin Adhin visited India in 2016, 2017 and 2018 and met Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on each occasion and in 2018 met his Indian Counterpart in Chicago for World Hindu Congress. In 2019, Vice President Mr. Adhin visited India twice and was awarded with Honorary Doctorate by Lovely Professional University, Punjab. VP met with Prime Minister Modi at New York on the margins of UNGA in September, 2019. External Affairs Minister of India met with his Surinamese counterpart at New York on the margins of UNGA in September, 2018 and 2019 respectively.

-H.E. Mr Mahender Singh Kanyal, Ambassador of India to Suriname, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines