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State Visit of the President of the Republic of Seychelles

The President of the Republic of Seychelles, Mr Danny Antoine Rollen Faure, arrived on a four-day State Visit to Mauritius on Thursday at the head of a 23-member strong delegation. He was welcomed by the Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, and other dignitaries at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport.

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As the President stepped on the apron, he was greeted by a round of a 21-Gun salute and inspected the front rank of the Guard of Honour.  After the welcome ceremony, the President of the Republic of Seychelles proceeded to the State House, Le Réduit, for a courtesy call on the President of the Republic of Mauritius, Dr Ameenah Gurib-Fakim. In the evening, Mr Danny Antoine Rollen Faure was the guest of honour of a Banquet hosted by the Prime Minister at Le Méridien Hotel, Pointe aux Piments.

On the second day of the visit, the Chief Guest will have a tête-à-tête and a working session with the Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Jugnauth, at the New Treasury Building in Port Louis. This will be followed by a ceremony of signature of memoranda of understanding between both parties. Afterwards both the President and the Prime Minister will give a statement to the press. President Faure will then leave the Prime Minister’s Office to visit the Aapravasi Ghat, World Heritage Site in Port Louis.

 It will be followed by a lunch offered by the President of the Republic of Mauritius, Dr Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, at the State House, Le Réduit. In the evening the Chief Justice, Hon Keshoe Parsad Matadeen, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Mrs Santi Bai Hanoomanjee,  and the Leader of the Opposition, Hon Xavier-Luc Duval, will call on  the President of the Republic of Seychelles  at Trou aux Biches Beachcomber Golf Resort & Spa.

On Saturday 28 October 2017, he will visit EON Reality Mauritius Regional Headquarters and Entrepreneur School at Ebene. From there he will visit Le Morne Cultural Landscape and UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Seychelles delegation will leave Mauritius on Sunday 29 October 2017.

 Bilateral cooperation

Government has approved that Mauritius signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Seychelles Prisons Service and another one with the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development of the Republic of Seychelles. The MoU with the Seychelles Prisons Service makes provision for cooperation in the fields of management of operations and staff training.  Its objective is to provide a broad framework, and mechanisms for cooperation on matters of mutual interest related to prison services vision, mission, functions and strategic objectives and implement collaborative activities to address any identified issue.

An MoU pertaining to the recruitment of teachers and other specialists in the Education Sector from Mauritius as required by the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development of the Republic of Seychelles, will also be signed. The objective of the MoU is to create a mutual operating framework for cooperation in the recruitment of Mauritian teachers and other specialists in the Education Sector to work in Seychelles. 

Joint Commission explores reinforcement of bilateral ties

Issues of common interest between Mauritius and Seychelles are being discussed at the 12th session of the Joint Commission meeting on bilateral cooperation at Senior Officials’ level held this week in Port Louis. The meeting is being held in the context of the forthcoming State Visit of the President of the Seychelles, Mr Danny Antoine Rollen Faure, to Mauritius later this week.

The Joint Commission meeting is co-chaired by the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Mrs Usha Dwarka Canabady, for the Mauritian side, and the Principal Secretary for the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Mrs Michelle Murray, for the Republic of Seychelles.

In her statement, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs said that Seychelles and Mauritius ties go back a very long way and both share the same views as regards the development of the region.  The Joint Commission meeting will bring concrete results with the signature of five Memoranda of Understanding (education, health, prisons, twinning agreement, and investment)  at the end of deliberations, she pointed out.

According to Ambassador Dwarka Canabady, Mauritius and Seychelles are two major countries in the Indian Ocean region sharing substantial maritime territory adding that the progress achieved on the extended continental shelf is in itself an example at the level of the United Nations for countries having overlapping territories.  Even more important than that, she said, is the fact that we have to work together to see how to safeguard security and exploit the potential of our maritime territory, and in parallel, see how to protect the environment and ensure that development remains sustainable.  Seychelles has put in a lot of efforts to ensure its sustainable development by protecting its biodiversity and this inspires Mauritius, said Mrs  Dwarka Canabady.

For her part, the Principal Secretary for the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Mrs Michelle Murray, recalled that there exists a political commitment between both countries to establish an ambitious working relationship and pursue cooperation exchanges given that Mauritius and Seychelles are two very determined Island States investing massively in human development.

Our discussions, she pointed out, will focus on the development of a working partnership for our common potential.  This is due to the fact that we really have the capacity as two Island States in the Indian Ocean to ensure the advancement of the region as a zone of stability with prosperity and economic development that benefits all our people, she added.

 

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