NEW DELHI: V. Muraleedharan, Minister of State (MoS) for Exterior Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, will go to the Republic of Senegal throughout 24-25 October. Muraleedharan will take part within the Dakar Discussion board on Peace and Safety.
In keeping with a press assertion launch by the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA), the Dakar Discussion board has been held yearly since 2014. This yr, nevertheless, marks the primary occasion of Ministerial degree participation from India. “The participation of MoS within the Dakar Discussion board underscores the significance that India attaches to the peace, safety and developmental points regarding Africa. The go to can be in step with India’s coverage to accentuate and deepen its engagement with Africa,” the MEA mentioned.
India and Senegal keep a strong bilateral relationship. Bilateral commerce between each international locations stood at near $1.3 billion in 2018-19. There may be additionally a powerful foundation of improvement cooperation.
In keeping with the MEA, “Senegal and India additionally cooperate below the rubric of TEAM-9, the Techno EconomicApproach for Africa India Motion that features India and eight international locations of West Africa, particularly, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Mali and Senegal.”
Excessive-level leaders from each international locations have met continuously. President Macky Sall of Senegal visited India in 2015 and 2017 and in addition met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2017 and 2019. Different Ministers from Senegal, holding portfolios like Schooling, Sanitation and Petroleum, have additionally visited India. India’s Minister of State for Agriculture Sanjeev Kumar Balyan and former Minister of State for Exterior Affairs M.J Akbar additionally visited Senegal in 2015 and 2017 respectively.
Senegal can be residence to a small diaspora neighborhood of 500 Indians. These people are largely engaged on the event help schemes which were prolonged to Senegal by india. In keeping with the MEA, Indian Strains of Credit score (LoCs) are in “such sectors as agriculture and irrigation, transport, rural electrification, fisheries, ladies poverty alleviation, IT coaching and tools, medical, railways” amongst others.
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