PM Modi's Three-Nation Tour To Give Fillip To Maritime Diplomacy
Modi's visit to Port Louis comes even as India exported its first warship, the Coast Guard Ship Barracuda to Mauritius last month. CGS Barracuda is the first ever naval ship to be built by India for a foreign nation. The ship was built by defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited in Kolkata. The $58.5 million CGS Barracuda measures 74.10 m in length.
On the last leg of his trip, Modi will be in Sri Lanka on March 13 and 14, during which he will hold talks with President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
His visit comes amid a controversy triggered by Wickremesinghe's statement during a television interview that his country's law has a provision for shooting intruders, referring to Indian fishermen.
Modi will address a special sitting of the Sri Lankan Parliament and also lay a wreath at the Indian Peace Keeping Force Memorial and visit the Mahabodhi Society. President Sirisena, who was in India last month on his maiden bilateral visit, will host a state banquet in honour of Modi.
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