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Five Key Takeaways From PM Modi's 51st Foreign Tour
BENGALURU: In an effort to increase manifold India's footprint in the continent, PM Narendra Modi visited Mozambique, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania in his 51st foreign tour. The visit ended on Monday with the last leg of his visit covering Kenya. It followed trips to other African nations this June by President Pranab Mukherjee and V-P Hamid Ansari reports The Times of India. Here are five key takeaways from PM Modi’s 51st foreign tour.
Addressing the pirate threat
Modi's tour covered all four nations which are on the Indian Ocean coast- a hotspot for piracy. Pirates have been operating further away recently as warships have been patrolling the Somali coast. This has caused them to stage attacks closer to India than Somalia.
Healing the racial wounds
PM visited Pietermaritzburg in his train trip which was significant as incidents of Africans facing racist violence in Delhi and elsewhere have been damaging. Kenya's Daily Nation wrote: "Time for India to explain its promise to protect Africans on its soil".
Building brotherhood
PM Modi’s visit to South Africa was focused at building brotherhood with South Africa. For years, they've lobbied for UNSC reforms. South Africa and India support each other's bids for a permanent seat: India backing SA over Nigeria.
Food Security
Mozambique will be importing 1lakh tonnes of pulses in 2016-17 as a proposal was cleared in June for the same. Indians consume nearly 22 million tonnes of pulses annually and this will help meet shortage of pulses in India. (Quite ironic as India is predominantly farmer-dependent country, but true)
Providing healthcare Services
Essential medicines for public health system from now on would be provided to Mozambique. Kenya will benefit from the help India will provide in building a cancer hospital. Medicine and equipment for public healthcare system will be supplied to Tanzania.
While the Kashmir valley burnt, PM Modi concluded his visit of the African nation. Reportedly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is said to have expressed his ‘unhappiness’ over the media coverage on violent protests in Kashmir Valley following killing of Burhan Wani saying the Hizbul Mujahideen militant has been portrayed as a “hero”. In the meeting, attended by top Union Ministers and officials, the Prime Minister was given a detailed briefing about Wani, the encounter, the subsequent protests and drowning of a policeman as reported by The Indian Express. Not about the 30 killings in three days, 1,365 official injuries (with numbers dramatically going up with each passing day), and how kashmiris outside of Kashmir are not able to contact anyone in Kashmir. Well, PM has “hoped” that situation would improve, but hope is not the correct thing to do, or is it?
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