Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded the prestigious ‘Honorary Order of Freedom’ of Barbados for his leadership during the Kovid-19 epidemic. The award is a symbol of strong relationships and cooperation between India and Barbados. External Affairs Minister Pashtriya Margarita accepted the award on behalf of PM Modi.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded a prestigious Honorary Order of Freedom of Barbados Award in the recognition of his strategic leadership and valuable assistance during the Kovid-19 epidemic. The Foreign Ministry (MEA) said in a statement on Thursday that at a ceremony organized in Brijtown in Barbados, Minister of State for Foreign and Textile Holy Margarita received the award on behalf of Prime Minister Modi.
On behalf of the Foreign Ministry, it was said that the award is a symbol of permanent friendship between both India and Barbados. The award was announced by Prime Minister Mia Amor Motley, Prime Minister of Barbados during his interview with Prime Minister Modi during the second India-Caricom Leaders Summit in Guyana, Guyana on November 20, 2024. The statement said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1966, India and Barbados have promoted strong partnerships characterized by continuous connection and development initiatives.
Find out what Margarita said after receiving the award
Giving the award on behalf of the Prime Minister, Margarita thanked the honor and said that it is a great honor to represent Prime Minister Narendra Modi and accept this prestigious award on his behalf. The statement quoted Margarita as saying that this belief underlines our shared commitment to close relationships between India and Barbados, as well as in the time of crisis, especially in the time of cooperation and development. The statement said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1966, India and Barbados have promoted strong partnerships characterized by continuous connection and development initiatives.
