Rambachan revives air service talks between TT and India

Trinidad and Tobago and India have already exchanged a copy of a model agreement on bilateral air service, but government ministers of both countries heightened the discussions once again.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Suruj Rambachan called on India’s Minister of Overseas Affairs and Civil Aviation Ravi Vayalar to look into the matter of co-sharing between Air India and Caribbean Airlines.
“On the Port-of-Spain/New York sector, this route will connect to India through the direct Air India service from New York.” Rambachan said. He noted civil aviation is considered as critical as better air links would facilitate trade and tourism ventures between both countries.
He noted these discussions have been ongoing since 2009 at the Asian Trade and Investment Mission was hosted in this country by the then Indian Commissioner. The two ministers met at the Learning Resource Centre at UWI at last week’s two-day diaspora conference organized by the Indian High Commissioner to TT Malay Mishra.
Rambachan said the diaspora conference is of importance as the Caribbean people are deeply concerned about the trade in small arms since approximately 70 percent of homicide are gun- related.
10/06/11 Seeta Persad/Newsday

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