India and Trinidad and Tobago signed eight strategic agreements covering healthcare, tourism, Ayurveda, infrastructure, education, and digital cooperation during S. Jaishankar’s official Caribbean visit.

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• India and Trinidad and Tobago signed 8 Memoranda of Understanding during External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s two-day diplomatic visit in May 2026.
• The agreements focused on tourism, healthcare cooperation, infrastructure development, Ayurveda promotion, vector control initiatives, and educational digital support programmes.
• India and Trinidad and Tobago established diplomatic relations in 1962 after the Caribbean nation gained independence from the United Kingdom.
• An Indian Chair on Ayurveda will be established at the University of the West Indies under the newly signed bilateral cooperation agreements.
• India also handed over the first batch of 2000 laptops to selected schoolchildren to strengthen digital education support in Trinidad and Tobago.
• S. Jaishankar inaugurated an agro-processing facility developed with Indian machinery assistance worth nearly 1 million US dollars provided during the previous year.
• Both countries jointly inaugurated the National Prosthetics Centre in Penal to improve rehabilitation and artificial limb support services for patients.
• The visit also reviewed progress on agreements and cooperation initiatives announced during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Trinidad and Tobago visit in 2025.