In New Delhi on Saturday, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar met with Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, who is on an eight-day visit to India to enhance bilateral ties.
The Prime Minister of Mauritius is in India for an eight-day visit. The Prime Minister prayed at Varanasi's Kashi Vishwanath Temple on Thursday. On Saturday, the Prime Minister of Mauritius met with Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
"In a meeting I held this morning with the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri @myogiadityanath, we examined methods to build greater cultural relations and ties of brotherhood between Mauritius and Uttar Pradesh," the Mauritius PM stated on Twitter.
In the presence of the Mauritius Prime Minister and Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the Global AYUSH Investment and Innovation Summit at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar earlier on Wednesday (WHO).
Following the inauguration of the Global Ayush Summit, PM Modi met with the Prime Minister of Mauritius in a bilateral discussion to discuss the ongoing development partnership and defence cooperation.
Arindam Bagchi, a spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, said PM Modi and the Prime Minister of Mauritius discussed the progress of the Metro Express Project and the proposal for an AYUSH Centre of Excellence in Mauritius.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with Mauritius' Secretary to the Cabinet, NK Ballah, in New Delhi last week, and claimed the two nations' bilateral relationship was "progressing from strength to strength."
PM Modi and Mauritius' Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth virtually inaugurated the India-assisted social housing units project in Mauritius earlier this month. They also unveiled the Civil Service College and an 8 MW Solar PV Farm project in Mauritius, both of which are being funded by India.