PM meets Guyanese president, Mauritius minister

Posted on 9th Jan 2015 12:32 pm by mohit kumar

Gandhinagar, Jan 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday held bilateral meetings with Guyanese President Donald Ramotar, Mauritius Vice Premier Showkutally Soodhun and South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane on the sidelines of the 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas here.

"President Donald Ramotar and I had a very good meeting. We discussed ways of enhancing India-Guyana co-operation," Modi tweeted later.

He discussed cooperation in ocean economy with the Mauritius Minister Soodhun while with Mashabane, he said that India and South Africa need to engage more economically, according to tweets posted by external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin.

Ramotar is the chief guest of the PBD,while Mashabane and Soodhun are special invitees.

The diaspora gala is being held in Gandhinagar Jan 7-9 to mark the centenary of the return to India of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa.

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