Indian Prime Minister in Mauritius for two-day visit

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Indian Prime Minister in Mauritius for two-day visit  Narendra Modi will be guest of honour at the country's national day celebrations and hold talks on bilateral and strategic ties.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/03/12/indian-prime-minister-in-mauritius-for-two-day-visit  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, arriving in Mauritius on Tuesday for a two-day visit.

00:07He was met at the airport by his counterpart, Navin Chandra Ramgoolam, who returned for

00:11his third stint in office in 2024. Modi is guest of honour at the island nation's 57th

00:17National Day celebrations on Wednesday, during which the Indian Army will march alongside

00:21soldiers from Mauritius. The Indian Prime Minister is also due to hold meetings with

00:26the country's top leaders. On the agenda will be the upgrading of bilateral and strategic

00:30ties and discussions on reinforcing their partnership for security and development in

00:35the Indian Ocean region. Before the talks, Modi paid his respects to the country's former

00:40Prime Minister, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, and laid a wreath in his botanical garden. Modi's

00:44visit comes days after US President Donald Trump said he would support a deal between

00:48Mauritius and Britain over the future of a joint US military base in the Chagos Islands.

00:54New Delhi has historically backed Mauritius' claims over the Indian Ocean archipelago.

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