Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji, Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka, arrived in New Delhi on Sunday for a four-day official go to, accompanied by his spouse, Suluweti Rabuka.
He was obtained on the Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport by Union Minister of State for Training and DoNER Sukanta Majumdar.
Welcoming the Fijian chief, Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal wrote on X that the go to will additional strengthen the India-Fiji partnership throughout a number of sectors.
“Heat welcome to PM Sitiveni Rabuka of Fiji on his first go to to India. PM Rabuka was obtained by MoS Training & DoNER Sukanta Majumdar on the airport. The go to will deepen the India-Fiji partnership throughout numerous sectors,” Jaiswal posted.
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Based on the MEA, Rabuka will probably be in India from August 24 to 27.
His go to will start in New Delhi, the place he’ll first maintain a gathering with a Union Cupboard Minister. On August 25, he’s scheduled to pay tributes at Rajghat, after which he’ll maintain talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad Home.
The 2 leaders will witness the change of MoUs and difficulty joint press statements. Later that day, Rabuka can even name on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Persevering with his engagements, on August 26, the Fijian chief will ship a lecture at Sapru Home, organised by the Indian Council of World Affairs. The go to will conclude together with his departure from Delhi on August 27.
The upcoming engagement additionally adopted latest high-level exchanges between the 2 nations.
India’s hyperlinks with Fiji commenced in 1879 when Indian labourers (‘Girmitiyas’) have been introduced there underneath the indenture system to work on sugarcane plantations. Between 1879 and 1916, round 60,553 Indians have been dropped at Fiji. Starting within the early twentieth century, Indian merchants and others had additionally began arriving in Fiji.
In 1920, the indenture system was abolished. Earlier than Fiji’s independence in 1970, India had a Commissioner since 1948, who was later upgraded to Excessive Commissioner after independence.
(With ANI Inputs)