Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth is on an eight-day visit to India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a bilateral meeting with Mauritian counterpart Pravind Kumar Jugnauth following the inauguration of the Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

The two leaders discussed the ongoing development partnership and cooperation in defence, capacity building, people to people exchanges and Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations, a tweet by the Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi stated.

“India Mauritius|United by history, kinship, culture, language & the shared waters of the Indian Ocean PM Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth of Mauritius at Gandhinagar, Gujarat following the inauguration of the Global Ayush Summit,” it said.

“The Leaders discussed the ongoing development partnership and cooperation in defence, capacity building, people to people exchanges & Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations. Reviewed progress of the Metro Express Project and the proposal for an AYUSH Centre of Excellence in Mauritius,” MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in reply to the previous tweet.

Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth is paying an eight-day (April 17 to 24) visit to India.

Visiting India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Mauritius Prime Minister participated in the ground-breaking ceremony of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar on Tuesday.

According to the Ministry of External Affairs, apart from official engagements in Gujarat and New Delhi, the Prime Minister of Mauritius will also visit Varanasi during the visit.

The Mauritius Prime Minister is visiting India, accompanied by his spouse Kobita Jugnauth and a high-level delegation.

India and Mauritius enjoy uniquely close ties, bound by shared history, culture and heritage.

On January 20, Prime Minister Modi and Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth had jointly inaugurated the Social Housing Units Project in Mauritius.

This project was implemented as part of the vibrant development partnership between India and Mauritius.

In May 2016, India had extended a grant of US$ 353 million as Special Economic Package (SEP) to execute five priority projects, which included the Metro Express Project, Supreme Court Building, New ENT Hospital, Supply of Digital Tablets to Primary School Children, and the Social Housing Project.

The Civil Service College project, located in Reduit, was financed through a grant support of US$ 4.74 million, under an MoU signed in 2017 during the visit of Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth to India.

Once constructed, this will provide a fully equipped and functional facility for the civil servants of Mauritius to undertake various training and skill development programmes.

It will further strengthen institutional linkages with India, the MEA had said.