President Droupadi Murmu whereas embarking on her State go to to Angola and Botswana, in New Delhi on November 8, 2025. Photograph: @rashtrapatibhvn
President Droupadi Murmu reached Angola on Saturday (November 8, 2025) within the first-leg of her six-day state go to to the African nation adopted by neighboring Botswana.
The Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) has described the two-nation go to between November 8-13 part of India’s efforts to open up new avenues for collaboration and increasing partnership with the 2 international locations within the African area.
That is the first-ever state go to by an Indian head of state to those international locations, as per the MEA.
Ms. Murmu was obtained on the worldwide airport within the Angolan capital of Luanda by the nation’s Minister of Exterior Relations Tete Antonio other than different senior officers from each the international locations.
Through the subsequent three days right here, the President will maintain high-level engagements, together with bilateral talks together with her Angolan counterpart Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco and in addition attend the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of the African nation’s independence.
The President can also be scheduled to deal with the Angolan parliament and work together with members of the Indian group.
“India and Angola take pleasure in very shut ties of friendship and cooperation which have been rising throughout sectors. We’ve got a vibrant power partnership with Angola,” Sudhakar Dalela, Secretary (Financial Relations) within the MEA, mentioned at a press briefing on Thursday.
The go to will present a possibility to assessment the complete gamut of bilateral ties and to increase mutually helpful cooperation in sectors corresponding to agriculture, well being, power, commerce and investments, expertise, infrastructure improvement, protection and people-to-people connections, he mentioned.
The Secretary additionally mentioned that the go to was “important” whilst the 2 international locations are celebrating the fortieth anniversary of their diplomatic ties this yr.
Ms. Murmu, on November 11, will begin the second leg of her go to and journey to Botswana’s capital Gaborone.
As a part of her engagements there, she’s going to meet her counterpart Duma Gideon Boko, tackle the Nationwide Meeting and attend an occasion associated to translocation of cheetahs to India as a part of Mission Cheetah.
“We’re assured that the go to of Hon’ble Rashtrapatiji will additional strengthen India’s long-standing collaborative ties with Angola and Botswana, and open up new avenues for collaboration and increasing our partnership.”
“It’s also, as I mentioned earlier, reflective of India’s agency dedication to additional strengthen its multifaceted partnership with the African continent,” the Secretary had mentioned.
Minister of State for Railways and Jal Shakti V Somanna and Lok Sabha MPs Prabhubhai Vasava and DK Aruna are accompanying the president on this journey.
Printed – November 09, 2025 06:37 am IST