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India-Mauritius Elevates Ties to Enhanced Strategic Partnership

Posted 13 Mar 2025

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During the visit of India’s Prime minister, India and Mauritius unveiled a joint vision for an Enhanced Strategic Partnership and inked eight pacts to boost ties in several sectors. 

  • PM Narendra Modi was also honored with Mauritius' highest civilian award in recognition of his contributions to India-Mauritius relations.

Key Outcomes

  • Cross Border Transactions in Local Currency: Agreement signed for Establishment of a Framework to Promote Use of Local Currencies for Cross-border Transactions.
  • MAHASAGAR: India announced a new vision for Global South and named it "MAHASAGAR" or "Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions. 
    • It will focus on the spirit of trade for development, capacity building for sustainable growth, and mutual security for a shared future. 
  • Other: Signed agreement on sharing of maritime data, joint work in combating money laundering etc.

India-Mauritius Relations

  • Diplomatic Relations: India established diplomatic relations in 1948
  • Trade: India has surplus trade with Mauritius (total trade was USD 554.19 mn in 2022-23. 
    • India-Mauritius signed Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement in 2021.
  • FDI: Mauritius was the 2nd largest source of FDI into India for FY 2023-24, after Singapore.
  • Cultural and People-to-People Ties: Indian origin people comprise nearly 70% of Mauritius.
    • Mauritius hosts World Hindi Secretariat to promote Hindi in the world.
  • Tags :
  • India-Mauritius
  • India-Mauritius Enhanced Strategic Partnership
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