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May 11, 2023

What Can Stronger Ties Mean for India & Latin America?

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met last month with Latin American leaders including Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo (L-R). // Photo: @DrSJaishankar via Twitter.

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  • Indian Foreign Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on April 24 began a two-day visit to Panama, where he met with President Laurentino Cortizo and participated in a business forum with representatives of Indian companies. Jaishankar, the first sitting Indian foreign affairs minister to visit Panama, was on a multi-country tour of Latin America that included a prior stop in Guyana and visits to Colombia and the Dominican Republic and aimed to increase South-South cooperation. What can be said about the timing of Jaishankar’s trip to Latin America, and what did he accomplish on the tour? What is the state of India-Latin America ties, and what are the most promising avenues for cooperation?

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Hari Seshasayee, advisor to Panama’s foreign minister and Asia-Latin America expert at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): “aishankar’s visit to Panama, Guyana, Colombia and the Dominican Republic was the first for an Indian foreign minister to these countries. Since being appointed foreign minister, Jaishankar has visited eight countries in the region. If anything, this is testament to Jaishankar’s personal understanding of foreign policy and his background as a former diplomat. He is aware that India has for long neglected the Latin American region, and he wants to set things right. His gesture to visit these countries was reciprocated in large part—he met with the presidents of Panama, Guyana and the Dominican Republic, and also met a dozen ministers from neighboring Central American and Caribbean countries as part of the…”

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