Port of Spain, July 3 -- As Prime Minister Narendra Modi emplanes on his visit to the Caribbean nation, High Commissioner of India to Trinidad and Tobago, Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit, highlighted that there is "intense desire" in Trinidad and Tobago among the people and the government for a greater engagement and collaboration with India.

"There is a lot of enthusiasm and excitement among the people...Everyone is looking forward to this visit...There is already an intense desire in Trinidad and Tobago for greater engagement and collaboration in a range of areas, and in this context, people and the government both are highly desirous of getting into a longstanding partnership, a broad-based partnership between India and Trinidad and Tobago.....