Suriname president to be Republic Day chief visitor after Boris Johnson cancels go to

New Delhi: Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President of the Republic of Suriname is more likely to be chief visitor at India’s Republic Day parade on January 26 this yr, a number one information portal reported citing sources within the PMO.
This comes after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson cancelling India go to as a consequence of extreme outbreak of recent Covid-19 pressure in Britain.
Santokhi, who’s of Indian origin, can be attending the Rajpath parade.
Earlier this week, Santokhi was the chief visitor on the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention, the place he delivered a keynote handle. In his handle, he had pitched at no cost motion of individuals between India and his nation as he favoured higher bilateral commerce and cultural ties.
India had initially invited Boris Johnson to be the chief visitor however the British PM needed to cancel his go to in view of the grim coronavirus state of affairs again house.

Santokhi had talked about scope to cooperation between two nations in areas of enterprise, commerce and tourism. Elaborating on historic hyperlinks between the 2 international locations, the president mentioned the Suriname diaspora is a part of India’s mushy energy and India can be a part of Suriname’s mushy energy
Santokhi was sworn in because the president of Suriname in July, 2020, when his celebration, the Progressive Reform Party, received 20 of the 51 seats within the elections.