Vice President Venkaiah Naidu to embark to Comoros & Sierra Leone

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu will embark on a five-day visit to Comoros and Sierra Leone today. It will be the first high-level visit from India to the two African countries.

Mr. Naidu will reach in Moroni, the capital of Comoros today and will hold a detailed bilateral meeting with country's President Azali Assoumani on the next day. External Affairs Ministry release said, a number of MoUs and agreements are expected to be signed during the visit. The three-day visit will witness the Vice President interacting with the Indian community and calling on Abdou Ousseni, the President of the Assembly of Comoros.

New Delhi has



extended concessional lines of credit of 41.6 million US Dollars for setting up an 18 MW power plant in Moroni. The bilateral trade is modest and reached 47.11 million US Dollars in 2018-19.

On the second leg of his visit, Mr. Naidu will arrive in Free Town, Sierra Leone, on Saturday. The following day, he will have a detailed bilateral meeting with country's President Julius Maada Wonie Bio and will meet Speaker of Sierra Leone Parliament Chernor Bundu as well as country's Foreign Minister Nabeela Farida Tunia. The MEA said the visit of Vice President is part of India's Africa outreach policy.