- Saturday, March 01, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
India and Mauritius carried out a comprehensive review of their overall ties including the vostro account mechanism for settlement of trade transactions and the proposed launch of Indian Unified Payments Interface (UPI) system and RuPay card in the African island nation.
The two sides took stock of the bilateral cooperation during Indian foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra’s three-day visit to Mauritius that concluded on Friday (14).
The Indian high commission in Mauritian capital Port Louis said the two sides also delved into their Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA), which was inked on February 22, 2021.
Kwatra on Thursday (13) called on Mauritian prime minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and discussed bilateral cooperation in areas of capacity building, trade and investment.
It was the foreign secretary’s first official visit to Mauritius, a key partner and trusted friend of India under India’s ‘neighbourhood first’ policy and SAGAR (Security and Growth For All in the Region) vision for the Indian Ocean.
On the meeting between Kwatra and Jugnauth, the Indian mission said they recalled the special and unique relationship between India and Mauritius that has translated into “exceptionally close” cooperation in various fields.
Referring to India-assisted projects in Mauritius, it said both sides expressed satisfaction regarding the smooth execution of the various projects including the phase IV of the Metro, civil services college, the solar power plant at Henrietta, forensics science lab, national archives and library, Mauritius police academy and medi-clinic and area health centres.
(PTI)
