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Pradeep Kumar

08/04/21 18:56 PM IST

Source: The Hindu

PM to launch vessel for the Seychelles

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hand over a fast patrol vessel to the Seychelles Coast Guard

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  • The handing over will be part of a high-level virtual interaction between the Indian leader and the President of the Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan.
  • This is the first interaction between the two leaders since Mr. Ramkalawan won the October 2020 election in the Seychelles.
  • The African archipelago nation has been a steady part of India’s policy for the Indian Ocean region and Mr. Modi visited the country in 2015.
  • India gifted similar vessels to the Seychelles in 2005, 2014 and 2016.
  • During the event, the leaders will inaugurate a 1 MW solar power plant, and the Magistrates’ Court building project in Mahe, the largest island in the archipelago.
Anti-piracy operations
  • The fast petrol vessel PS Zoroaster will help the Seychelles in carrying out anti-piracy operations.
  • The vessel, built by the Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineering Limited, was delivered to Seychelles on March 16 and will be dedicated to the Seychelles Coast Guard by Prime Minister Modi during the virtual interaction.
India–Seychelles relations
  • India–Seychelles relations are bilateral relations between the Republic of India and the Republic of Seychelles.
  • India has a High Commission in Victoria while Seychelles maintains a High Commission in New Delhi.
  • Diplomatic ties between India and Seychelles have existed since Seychelles gained independence in 1976.
  • A resident high commissioner of India has been in Victoria since 1987 while Seychelles opened its resident mission in New Delhi in 2008.
Source: The Hindu

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