New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs, Meenakashi Lekhi will be on an official visit to Panama, Honduras and Chile from April 28 to May 5. This will be her first visit to these countries. Earlier Lekhi had visited Colombia in September 2021.
During her visit to Panama from April 28 to May 1, the minister will meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama, Erika Mouynes and Minister of Culture, Giselle Gonzalez Villarue. The two sides will also sign agreements on cultural exchange programmes and gainful employment for dependents of officials of the diplomatic mission. The visit would provide an opportunity to review progress in the bilateral relations since the visit of Vice President, Venkaiah Naidu to Panama in May 2018.
Lekhi will visit Honduras from May 1 to 3, where she will call on the President of Honduras, Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento. She will also meet the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Honduras, Eduardo Enrique Reina to discuss various bilateral, regional and international issues. The MoS will also lay the foundation stone for the Jamastran Valley Irrigation project funded by the Government of India through Lines of Credit. She will visit the IT Center National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) which was set up in 2008 with GOI’s assistance and currently has trained more than 20,000 students.