External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said an archival cooperation agreement between India and Trinidad and Tobago would help members of the Indian diaspora trace their ancestral roots and reconnect with families in India, as he underlined New Delhi’s efforts to preserve the legacy of the Girmitya community.

Referring to an MoU signed between the National Archives of India and Trinidad and Tobago, Jaishankar said the agreement would help people in the Caribbean nation in “tracing their ancestral roots and reconnecting with their families in India”.