Seeking stronger engagement with the Pacific Islands, India on Wednesday announced a 75 million of credit for Fiji for a co-generation power plant and upgrading the sugar industry and also a five million USD fund to develop its villages even as the two countries agreed to expand their defence and security cooperation. (Source: PTI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who made these announcements after talks with his Fijian counterpart Frank Bainimarama shortly after his arrival, also announced a visa on arrival for Fijians and assistance projects that included a parliament library and doubling the scholarships and training slots in India for people from this country. (Source: PTI) (Source: PTI)
Narendra Modi arrived in Fiji at the crack of dawn on the third and final leg of his 10-day three-nation tour, for a day-long visit, the first by an Indian premier to the country in 33 years after Indira Gandhi in 1981. (Source: PTI)
The tiny remote pacific Island nation rolled out the red carpet for Narendra Modi, who was received by Frank Bainimarama, a former military ruler, at the Suva International airport.
Bainimarama was sworn in as Prime Minister on September 22 after the first parliamentary elections in the pacific nation since he seized power in a coup in 2006. (Source: PTI)
Narendra Modi was accorded a ceremonial guard of honour at the airport after which he attended the traditional ceremony of Welcome at Albert park, close to the Prime Minister’s office and Parliament. (Source: PTI)
He shook hands with people from the Indian diaspora assembled at the ground as he walked past the enclosures. “It is a new day and a new beginning in our relations with Fiji,” Modi said in remarks to the media at a joint appearance with Bainimarama at the prime Minister’s office.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed by a Fijian woman in traditional dress at the Nausori International Airport. (Source: PTI)
The lines of credit were part of three agreements signed between the two countries in the presence of the two leaders.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during a meeting of Pacific Island leaders in Fiji on Wednesday. (Source: PTI)
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