PM Modi Mauritius Go to: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who’s on a go to to Mauritius, inked varied Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) on Wednesday. The MoUs signed between India and Mauritius are centered upon a foreign money settlement system, water, sharing of transport data, and different issues.
MoU between the Central Financial institution of Mauritius and the Reserve Financial institution of India on Native Forex Settlement System, Credit score Facility Settlement between the Authorities of Mauritius and the State Financial institution of India to finance tasks being applied by the Central Water Authority, below the Pipe Substitute Programme, had been signed to boost the strategic partnership between the nations.
On the big day of Mauritius’ Nationwide Day, I had the chance to fulfill my good good friend, PM Navinchandra Ramgoolam and talk about the total vary of India-Mauritius friendship. We’ve got determined to boost our partnership to an Enhanced Strategic Partnership.
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— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 12, 2025
An MoU between the Institute of Overseas Service of India and the Ministry of Overseas Affairs, Regional Integration, and Worldwide Commerce of Mauritius on the Coaching Programme for Diplomats and a Technical Settlement on the Sharing of White Transport Data between the Indian Navy and the Mauritius Police Power was signed between the leaders.
An MoU between the Monetary Crimes Fee of Mauritius and the ED of India was signed, with an MoU between the Ministry of Trade, SMEs, and Cooperatives of Mauritius and the Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises of India on Cooperation within the Discipline of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises.
MoU between the Ministry of Public Service and Administrative Reforms of Mauritius and the Nationwide Centre for Good Governance, Division of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances of India, on Coaching of Public Officers, An MoU between the Indian Nationwide Centre for Ocean Data Providers, the Ministry of Earth Sciences of India, and the Division for Continental Shelf, Maritime Zones Administration and Exploration, Prime Minister’s Workplace of Mauritius, was signed for enhancing administrative effectivity.
India-Mauritius Announce Enhanced Strategic Partnership
PM Modi and Mauritius PM Navinchandra Ramgoolam on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over their complete discussions on the complete gamut of bilateral relations and agreed that their particular and shut bilateral partnership has acquired important strategic depth after being raised to an Enhanced Strategic Partnership.
The ‘India-Mauritius Joint Imaginative and prescient for an Enhanced Strategic Partnership’ launched on the second and last day of PM Modi’s landmark State Go to to the Indian Ocean archipelago highlights the particular and distinctive relationship between the 2 nations that continues to be unparalleled, given the shared bonds of historical past, language, tradition, heritage, kinship, and values.
Throughout his go to, PM Modi engaged in intensive discussions with the Mauritian management to strengthen bilateral ties with talks specializing in enhancing collaboration in key sectors, together with infrastructure, housing, digital know-how, healthcare, AI, and extra.
Specializing in the defence and maritime safety cooperation, each leaders emphasised that it stays an necessary pillar of bilateral relations and shut cooperation on this area has achieved a strategic dimension and benefited each nations immensely. They additional agreed that India and Mauritius, having a shared dedication to make sure a free, open, protected, and safe Indian Ocean Area (IOR), are pure companions within the area and reiterated their resolve to work carefully in countering maritime challenges and safeguarding the bigger strategic pursuits within the area.
Each leaders vowed to boost maritime cooperation via elevated deployment of ships and plane for joint maritime surveillance and hydrographic surveys, moreover deepening cooperation in the direction of securing the EEZ of Mauritius, together with via enhanced utilization of the newly constructed runway and jetty at Agalega and the organising of a Nationwide Maritime Data Sharing Centre to boost maritime area consciousness.
The 2 leaders additionally welcomed the continued discussions between Mauritius and the UK on the Chagos Islands. PM Modi reiterated India’s agency assist for Mauritius on the Chagos situation. The Prime Minister of Mauritius thanked the Prime Minister of India for his private assist and engagement with world leaders on this situation.
“The leaders agreed to work carefully in advancing cooperation below regional and multilateral frameworks, particularly via the Indian Ocean Rim Affiliation (IORA), Colombo Safety Conclave, the World Biofuels Alliance, Worldwide Photo voltaic Alliance, and Coalition for Catastrophe Resilient Infrastructure. They welcomed the latest signing of the Founding Paperwork of the Colombo Safety Conclave and the belief of Chair of the IORA by India for the interval 2025-26 and underlined the significance of those regional mechanisms for furthering cooperation on maritime safety and addressing frequent challenges within the Indian Ocean Area,” the assertion added.
The leaders additional acknowledged that India-Mauritius ties, anchored in people-to-people and cultural exchanges, have grown from power to power within the final a number of a long time right into a Complete Strategic Partnership that cuts throughout varied domains and advantages the 2 nations, their folks, and the broader IOR.
“The Prime Minister of Mauritius underscored India’s position as a time-tested and trusted companion of Mauritius in its socio-economic improvement for the reason that time of its independence. Noting that India has steadfastly supported Mauritius always, the Prime Minister of Mauritius reaffirmed his agency dedication to additional construct upon the bilateral partnership that exists between the 2 nations to cater to future developments,” the Joint Imaginative and prescient assertion talked about.
“The Prime Minister of India, recollecting his earlier go to to Mauritius in March 2015, throughout which India’s Imaginative and prescient SAGAR, that’s, Safety and Development For All within the Area, was unveiled, emphasised that Mauritius stays a vital companion for realising Imaginative and prescient SAGAR and lauded the intensive assist prolonged by the Authorities of Mauritius in advancing bilateral relations. He additional famous that Mauritius stands on the junction of India’s Imaginative and prescient SAGAR, its Neighbourhood First method and its dedication to the World South, and underlined the necessary position performed by Mauritius in advancing these insurance policies for the frequent advantage of each nations,” it provides.
PM Modi invited the Prime Minister of Mauritius to pay an official go to to India at his earliest comfort as each leaders acknowledged that their bilateral relations take pleasure in a excessive diploma of belief and mutual understanding at varied ranges, complemented by common high-level exchanges and visits between the 2 nations.
The 2 leaders additionally famous that India has been the main improvement companion for Mauritius since its independence and has contributed considerably in the direction of its infrastructure and developmental wants. Highlighting India’s assist in efficiently implementing a number of high-profile infrastructure tasks, such because the India-Mauritius Metro Categorical Challenge, the New Supreme Courtroom Constructing, the New ENT Hospital, 956 Social Housing Items, and Academic Tablets, amongst others, the Prime Minister of Mauritius expressed gratitude for India-aided tasks that type a part of the Mauritian panorama throughout varied sectors and have benefited all sections of Mauritius through the years.
The Prime Minister of Mauritius thanked the Indian authorities for its well timed and swift help, together with the deployment of transport plane and ships, to assist the efforts of the Mauritius authorities in the direction of rehabilitation within the aftermath of the latest Cyclone Chido, thereby reaffirming India’s position as a ‘First Responder’ for Mauritius in instances of want.
Each leaders additional underlined the importance of ongoing infrastructure tasks such because the Renal Transplant Unit, Forensic Science Laboratory, Nationwide Archives and Library, and Civil Service Faculty, in addition to the Excessive Affect Neighborhood Growth Tasks unfold throughout Mauritius, and reiterated their full assist in the direction of their well timed completion.
“Provided that India-assisted people-centric developmental help brings tangible advantages to the pleasant folks of Mauritius and contributes in the direction of the socio-economic improvement of Mauritius, each leaders agreed to work in the direction of well timed supply of 100-electric buses and the related charging infrastructure; Implement Part II of Excessive Affect Neighborhood Growth Tasks; Provoke implementation of the substitute of 100 km water pipeline in Mauritius below the primary INR denominated Line of Credit score settlement concluded between the 2 sides; Finalise discussions on the brand new Parliament constructing on a website to be recognized by Authorities of Mauritius, and conclude framework understanding to implement this challenge with India’s grant help; and finalise dialogue on the redevelopment of the Ganga Talao Non secular Sanctuary and conclude framework understanding to implement this challenge with India’s grant help,” the assertion detailed.
Noting that the continued house cooperation has immensely benefited each nations, Ramgoolam conveyed his appreciation to the Indian authorities for its assist in the direction of the joint improvement of a satellite tv for pc for Mauritius and acknowledged that this cooperation is a testomony to India’s unwavering assist to Mauritius on its developmental journey.
