Ambassador Dr.Shankar Balachandran called on H.E.Mr.Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President of the Republic of Suriname this morning (3 Jan 2024) to invite him personally as the Chief Guest for the 75th Republic Day of India and used the opportunity to present him a biography on Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism, brought out on the occasion of the 550th birth anniversary by the Ministry of Minority Affairs of India and specially sent to the world leaders by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Mr.Narendra Damodardas Modi. Suriname celebrates the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev ji each year at Mata Gauri in a big way. The Ambassador also presented the President a Gandhi memorabilia. Suriname shares a special bond with Mahatma Gandhi ji – a fact reiterated by the Hon’ble Suriname Foreign Minister Amb Albert Ramchand Ramdin during his visit to the Gandhi Memorial in Delhi on 6th December 2023.
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
