India-Mauritius sign three MoUs

March 12, 2013 13:28

India and Mauritius on Tuesday signed three memorandums of understanding during the three-day state visit of President Pranab Mukherjee. One MoU was on persons with disabilities and senior citizens, another on cooperation in the field of health and medicine, and the third was on cooperation in the field of tourism.

Mukherjee will be the chief guest at Mauritius' national day today. He said that the people of India appreciate the tribute paid by the people of Mauritius to Mahatma Gandhi, in selecting March 12, the day he began his iconic Dandi March, as the Independence Day of Mauritius.

Maintaining that the relationship between India and Mauritius has an unwavering vitality, the President said for several millennia, the Indian Ocean has been a key arbiter of the subcontinent's fortunes and Mauritius is the "proverbial star and key of the Indian Ocean". More

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