In a land­mark mo­ment in Trinidad and To­ba­go’s diplo­mat­ic his­to­ry, In­dia Prime Min­is­ter Naren­dra Mo­di ad­dressed a joint ses­sion of Par­lia­ment yes­ter­day, de­liv­er­ing a pow­er­ful mes­sage de­nounc­ing ter­ror­ism and cel­e­brat­ing the en­dur­ing bonds be­tween the two na­tions.

The cer­e­mo­ni­al pro­ceed­ings be­gan with a for­mal guard of ho­n­our out­side the Red House in Port-of-Spain short­ly be­fore noon, where a red-car­pet wel­come await­ed the vis­it­ing dig­ni­tary.

In­side the cham­ber, Mem­bers of Par­lia­ment, Sen­a­tors, Gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials and in­vit­ed dig­ni­taries gath­ered in an­tic­i­pa­tion of what was hailed as a his­toric event.