Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth touched down in the national capital Sunday morning to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi today.
The Mauritian PM was received at the airport by P Kumaran, the Officer on Special Duty (ER & DPA) division of the Ministry of External Affairs.
“Welcome to India! PM Pravind Jugnauth of Mauritius arrives to a warm welcome in New Delhi to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. OSD (ER & DPA) P. Kumaran received PM Jugnauth at the airport. India and Mauritius enjoy historically special ties and close maritime partnership,” said official spokesperson of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a post on X.
Leaders from neighbouring nations and the Indian Ocean region are poised to gather as distinguished guests at the oath-taking ceremony this evening.
This gathering underscores India’s steadfast commitment to its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy and the visionary ‘SAGAR’ initiative.
These leaders include heads of Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, Mauritius, Nepal and Bhutan. Of these distinguished guests, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and Vice President of Seychelles, Ahmed Afif arrived yesterday and the remaining have begun arriving today.
Narendra Modi will be sworn in as Prime Minister for the third consecutive term today at 7:15 pm.
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