PM Modi arrives in Mauritius, receives grand welcome

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Mauritius for a two-day visit. He will be the chief guest at Mauritius' National Day celebrations on 12th March. The visit aims to strengthen bilateral ties.

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00:00The Prime Minister in Mauritius at this point in time, take a look at these pictures coming

00:07in.

00:08Remember, the Prime Minister is in Mauritius.

00:11This is a two-day visit, the national celebrations of Mauritius that is being held tomorrow,

00:17which is the 12th of March.

00:19India and Mauritius have uniquely close cooperation in maritime security, development partnership,

00:25capacity building and close people to people ties.

00:29It has among the largest trading partners of Mauritius.

00:33Mauritius was the second largest source of FDI into India for 2023-2024 after Singapore.

00:40Mauritius and India signed a comprehensive economic cooperation and partnership agreement

00:45in February 2021 after 15 years of negotiation.

00:50The Prime Minister is there for two days in fact, starting today.

00:57He has spoken about it as well, about the deep mutual trust of the countries, a shared

01:02belief in the values of democracy and celebration of our diversity.

01:09Pictures in fact right now are of the Prime Minister live on your screens right now, meeting

01:13with the officials and delegates in Mauritius at this point in time.

01:22Prime Minister Modi has said that his visit...

02:22All right, the Prime Minister is in Mauritius in these pictures, the Prime Minister being

02:33given a guard of honour as you can see.

02:36He is the chief guest in the national celebrations of Mauritius.

02:40He has spoken about the visit and the significance of it.

02:44Now meeting with the officials in Mauritius at this point in time, these are pictures

02:48coming in live on your screens right now.

02:52He is in the island nation and he is going to be there for two days at the invitation

02:56of Prime Minister Navi Chandra Ram Gulam, primarily to grace the national day celebrations

03:02of Mauritius.

03:04In his departure statement, the Prime Minister said, he was looking forward to engaging with

03:08the leadership of Mauritius to elevate our partnership, quote-unquote, in all its facets

03:14and strengthen our enduring friendship for the progress and prosperity of our peoples.

03:20A contingent of the Indian Armed Forces will be participating in the celebration along

03:24with a warship of the Indian Navy and the Akash Ganga skydiving team of the Indian Air

03:30Force.

03:31The Prime Minister has underscored the importance of deep mutual trust, a shared belief in the

03:36value system of democracy and celebration of India and Mauritius' diversity.

03:42Both countries are extremely diverse, is what the Prime Minister has stressed upon.

03:46He has spoken about the fact that it is important to build on the foundations of the past and

03:52open a new and bright chapter in India and Mauritius' relationship, is what the Prime

03:58Minister has said.

04:15These are, in fact, from Mauritius at this point in time.

04:17The Prime Minister is on a two-day visit.

04:20On your screens right now, a welcome being given to Prime Minister Gowda Warner there

04:24for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

04:26He has spoken about the opportunity to engage with Mauritius' leadership to elevate, he

04:31said, our partnership in all facets and strengthen our enduring friendship.

04:35Geeta Mohana, Foreign Affairs Editor, getting in more details on that story.

04:39Geeta, talk to us about what is expected in the next two days, including today.

04:45Well, today is primarily going to be all about him visiting the Botanical Garden, talking

04:53to or engaging some of the important leadership, including meeting with the Prime Minister

05:00and a community event, as is always part of the Prime Minister's visit.

05:06He does meet with the entire fora, so there is going to be a community event.

05:10But it's tomorrow that the delegation level talks and the official meetings are going

05:14to take place, wherein the two sides are likely to sign agreements in the fields of capacity

05:20building, bilateral trade, tackling cross-border financial crimes, and promoting small and

05:27medium enterprises.

05:28So these are very important aspects of cooperation that the two leaders are looking at.

05:34In his departure statement, he also said and focused on the importance of maritime cooperation

05:42to do with the Indian Ocean and India's cyber diplomacy, and in that the Indian National

05:49Center for Ocean Information Services and Mauritius Prime Minister's Office will sign

05:56a memorandum of understanding to create a framework for cooperating in the maritime

06:02zone management and ocean observation research.

06:05Again, Mauritius is geostrategically very critically placed and is very important for

06:11India.

06:12It is a very important island nation for all maritime and strategic purposes, and this

06:22certainly will create the space for both sides to really cooperate and conduct research on

06:30the ocean front.

06:32That is what was told to us, to the media, by Foreign Secretary Mr. Mistry ahead of the

06:39departure, the media briefing that he held on Prime Minister's visit.

06:44The Enforcement Directorate and Financial Crime Commission of Mauritius will also be

06:49signing an MOU on combating financial crimes.

06:53Now, we do know that a lot of the money is routed through Mauritius when it comes to

07:00financial crimes and evading taxes in India, and the two countries have been cooperating

07:06and ensuring that they combat financial crimes for a while now.

07:10But this will be formalization through an MOU between the PD and its respective commission

07:18on the other side in Mauritius.

07:21So these are various important aspects that will be covered.

07:24There are a lot of agreements that aim to look at enhancing technical cooperation and

07:31assistance in case of laundering and money laundering related crimes.

07:36So, again, a very important aspect when it comes to India and Mauritius.

07:41So this is a very important visit, but it also is a visit where India is trying to send

07:48out a message of how it is actually important to Mauritius by the fact that Prime Minister

07:55Narendra Modi is there.

07:56This is not his first visit, but he is there to attend and to party in the National Day

08:02celebration for which he has been invited as a chief guest.

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