PM Narendra Modi to be visitor of honour at Mauritius’ Nationwide Day, to go to on March 11-12
Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam introduced on Friday that PM Narendra Modi would be the ‘Visitor of Honour’ at Mauritius’ 57th Nationwide Day celebrations. PM Modi is about to go to Port Louis on March 11-12.
Navin Ramgoolam, addressing the Parliament, additionally highlighted the honour of internet hosting such a pacesetter, particularly given Modi’s packed schedule and up to date worldwide engagements in Paris and america.
“I’ve nice pleasure to tell the Home that following my invitation, Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, has kindly agreed to be the Visitor of Honour for our Nationwide Day celebrations. It’s certainly a singular privilege for our nation, to host such a distinguished persona who’s doing us this honour, regardless of his very tight schedule and his current visits to Paris and america,” Ramgoolam mentioned.
Ramgoolam added that Modi’s go to serves as a testomony to the robust and enduring relationship between India and Mauritius.
“He has agreed to be right here as our particular visitor. The go to of Modi is an affidavit of the shut relations between our two nations,” the Mauritian PM mentioned.
It’s understood that the Mauritius PM was eager to announce the go to of PM Modi in Parliament to cement bilateral ties with India.
Mauritius celebrates its Nationwide Day yearly on March 12, marking its independence from British rule in 1968. The day additionally signifies the nation’s transition to a republic throughout the Commonwealth in 1992.
Earlier in November 2024, Modi congratulated Ramgoolam on his historic electoral victory in Mauritius.
Modi, in his needs, had mentioned he regarded ahead to working carefully with Ramgoolam to additional strengthen their “distinctive partnership”.
Sharing a submit on X, Modi wrote, “Had a heat dialog with my good friend @Ramgoolam_Dr, congratulating him on his historic electoral victory. I needed him nice success in main Mauritius and prolonged an invite to go to India. Look ahead to working carefully collectively to strengthen our particular and distinctive partnership.”
India shares shut and long-standing ties with Mauritius, an island nation within the Western Indian Ocean, anchored in shared historical past, demography, and tradition. A key motive for these particular and robust ties is that Indian-origin folks comprise practically 70 per cent of the island’s 1.2 million inhabitants.
