Prime Minister Dr Hon Ralph Gonsalves left the country on Thursday September 5, 2019 on an official visit to the Republic of India that would see him spending 5 days in that country. Dr Gonsalves is making this visit to India, in response to two separate activities that he is expected to participate in over the period.
On Monday July 22, 2019, a special envoy from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD); Vincentian, Dr Richard Byron-Cox made a special call on Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves to deliver an invitation on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the UNCCD, Ibrahim Thiaw. Dr Byron-Cox is currently on a regional mission to several CARICOM member countries encouraging their participation in the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UNCCD.