Barbados Welcomes New Indian Envoy

India's new High Commissioner to Barbados, Satendar Kumar, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Maxine McClean, recently at her Culloden Road, St. Michael office.

During the meeting, there was discussion on ways in which Barbados-India bilateral relations could be further enhanced. It was noted that there was already ongoing cooperation in the areas of education, agriculture and Information and Communication Technology.

The two officials identified tourism as a sector with potential for increased activity, and High Commissioner Kumar stated: "From our side, Indians are tourists...back then our main destination was Europe...but now, with the steady development of the economy of India there is mass migration. We have a lot of people with good disposable income and they are seeking after new destinations, so this is something we embrace."