Panama’s Foreign Minister Javier Eduardo Martinez-Acha Vasquez will undertake an official visit to India from July 19 to 23 to strengthen bilateral cooperation across trade, maritime affairs, and strategic relations.

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• Panama’s Foreign Minister Javier Eduardo Martinez-Acha Vasquez will visit India from July 19 to 23 at the invitation of the Ministry of External Affairs to deepen bilateral engagement.
• The visiting delegation will hold high-level discussions with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal to strengthen diplomatic and economic cooperation.
• The Foreign Minister is also scheduled to meet Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal to explore opportunities for enhanced maritime and port sector collaboration.
• The visit follows recent India-Panama engagements on renewable energy, sustainable technologies, and investment partnerships held during the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year.
• India and Panama have maintained steadily expanding bilateral relations, with growing cooperation in trade, connectivity, maritime commerce, and economic partnerships across strategic sectors.
• Panama remains an important gateway to Latin America through the Panama Canal, offering significant opportunities for expanding India’s commercial and logistics connectivity with the region.
• The official visit is expected to review existing bilateral cooperation while identifying new opportunities in trade, investment, clean energy, and people-to-people exchanges.
• The meetings reflect India’s continued diplomatic outreach toward Latin America and its efforts to strengthen strategic partnerships with key regional economies.