India and Mauritius ink free trade pact
Photo by Oliver Sjöström from pexels India and Mauritius have signed a free trade agreement, under which over 300 domestic goods from agriculture, textiles, electronics and other sectors will get market access at concessional customs duties in the African nation, an official statement said on Tuesday.
According to a commerce ministry statement, Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan and Ambassador Haymandoyal Dillum, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, Government of Mauritius, signed the India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) in Port Louis on Monday.
It was signed in the presence of Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth, and India s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, it added.
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India enters CECPA with Mauritius, extends 100 mln defence line of credit
New Delhi, Feb 22 (UNI) India on Monday entered into a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) with Mauritius enabling Indian investors to use the archipelago as a launch-pad for business expansion into continental Africa.
The CECPA is India’s first-such Agreement with an African country will also help Mauritius emerge as a ‘hub of Africa’.
India also extended a USD 100 million line credit to fund purchases of defence equipment from India. Today is indeed a special day in our special relationship, said External affairs minister S Jaishankar, announcing the agreements in Port Louis after meeting Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth and Foreign Minister Alan Ganoo.
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MEA To Hold 3-Day Conference On Geoeconomics Coming Weekend
Bambawale said the conference is not India-focused and its objective is on how countries can work together along with multilateral institutions to tackle the pandemic-induced economic slowdown.
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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) will be holding a three-day conference focused on geoeconomics during the coming weekend, which will have India s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar among speakers, the organisers said on Monday.
The conference, being held along with the think-tank Pune International Centre, will also see senior representatives from the governments of Australia, Japan, Mauritius, Maldives and Bhutan speaking, they said.