New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday prolonged greetings to Nicaragua on its Independence Day.
Jaishankar mentioned India valued Nicaragua’s cooperation.
In a publish on X, he mentioned, ‘Best needs to FM Valdrack Ludwing Jaentschke Whitaker, the Government and the folks of Nicaragua on their National Day. Value our exemplary multilateral cooperation and improvement partnership.’
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Bilateral relations between India and Nicaragua are heat and pleasant. Diplomatic relations between India and Nicaragua had been established in March 1983. The Indian Embassy in Panama is concurrently accredited to Nicaragua. Nicaragua earlier had an Embassy in India, which was closed down in 1990. Currently, Nicaragua’s Embassy in Tokyo is concurrently accredited to India, as per the MEA.
The present President, Daniel Ortega Saavedra, had visited India twice, in 1983 and 1986, throughout his earlier time period as President.
Sonia Castro Gonzalez (SCG), Minister of Health, accompanied by Maria De Los Angeles Boedeker Herrera, Director of Cooperation, Ministry of Health, met the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in July 2019 in Delhi. Denis Moncada Colindres, Foreign Minister of Nicaragua, visited New Delhi in October 2019 and met the External Affairs Minister. In April 2023, EAM met Foreign Minister Denis Menconda throughout the India-SICA Foreign Ministers assembly in Panama.
From time to time, performances by Indian cultural troupes have been held in Nicaragua. The celebration of the International Day of Yoga is organised yearly in cooperation with a number of native Yoga institutes and the Indian Community and has evoked common responses. Oscar Perez visited India and took part within the Kumbh Mela in February 2019 on the invitation of the Government of India.
The Indian group in Nicaragua numbers near 50.
An Agreement on Visa Waiver for Diplomatic and Official Passports was signed in 2008. An MoU on organising an IT Training Centre in Managua was signed in 2008. Several agreements in areas resembling Cultural Cooperation, Government-to-Government credit score, and Economic Cooperation have been signed with Nicaragua.
In May 2019, Nicaragua forwarded 4 new MoUs for cooperation within the subject of Education, Health, Energy and Agriculture, and they’re beneath MEA’s consideration. (ANI)