In the initial ever telephonic conversation involving Foreign Ministers of India and Madagascar, India has provided to dispatch instant help to that nation which is reeling below famine considering that final November.
According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), this was conveyed in the course of the phone conversation involving External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar with the Foreign Minister of Madagascar, Dr Tehindrazanarivelo Djacoba A.S Oliva on Monday (March 1, 2021).
What is India sending?
Malaria medicine and 1000 tonnes of rice are heading to the Indian Ocean island nation. In a report released final November, the World Food Organisation Southern Madagascar has been impacted by devastating famine. This has forced the households who do not have meals to consume are consuming insects.
India is sending a consignment of 1000 metric tonnes of rice and one hundred,000 tablets of HCQ to Madagascar, on-board Indian Naval Ship Jalashwa.
The INS Jalashwa is leaving Indian port today with meals and healthcare help.
The help from India which will be reaching the Port of Ehoala in Madagascar involving March 21-24, 2021, shows indicators of improved engagement involving the two nations.
India & Madagascar – value of the defence cooperation
Last month, the defence minister of Madagascar visited India and had a meeting with the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the sidelines of the Aero India 2021 and had also participated in the Indian Ocean Region defence ministers meet in Bengaluru.
In 2018, President Ram Nath Kovind had visited that nation. The final bilateral stop by of the President of Madagascar to India was in 1980.
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India has generally been there for Madagascar
India has not too long ago donated sophisticated digital cobalt therapy machine Bhabhatron-II which can treat just about 50 cancer patients each and every day. This was inaugurated by Madagascar’s President Andry Nirina Rajoelina, in the presence of Indian Ambassador Abhay Kumar and that country’s Health Minister.
Last year in March, as has been reported by TheSpuzz Online, 600 tonnes of rice on board the Indian Navy ship INS Shardul reached the port of Antisiranana as HADR help to that nation which was dealing with heavy floods.
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Also, below Mission SAGAR-I, healthcare help was sent to that nation to deal with the COVID Pandemic.
In January 2020, Indian Navy was the initial to respond when Cyclone Diane struck Madagascar and instant help was delivered below Operation Vanilla by INS Airavat.
The little island is about 400 km off the coast of East Africa and is one of the least created nations globally. Also, in addition to becoming a member of the African Union (AU) it is also the member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
What more will INS Jalashwa do in Madagascar?
Besides the healthcare and meals help, there will be on-board INS Jalashwa, an Indian Naval instruction group.
What will this group do?
Training of the Malagasy Special Forces for two weeks as properly as Capacity Building.
The Indian Naval ship will also be calling at Port Anjoun in the Republic of Comoros. During this cease more than a consignment of 1000 metric tonnes of Indian rice will be delivered for the individuals of that nation. This help was announced by Vice President
The provide of this meals help was announced by the Vice President M Venkaiah Naiduof India in the course of his stop by to Comoros in October 2019.
According to MEA, the supplies of meals help and assistance for capacity developing to the friendly nations of Madagascar and Comoros is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of SAGAR.
It also highlight’s India’s part as a net safety provider inside the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
Madagascar & Comoros are component of Vanilla Islands
These island nations are extremely vital for India in the context of the Indian Ocean.
Vanilla Islands is a grouping of six island nations positioned in the south-west Indian Ocean — Seychelles, Reunion, Madagascar, Mayotte, Comoros, and Mauritius.
In 2010 they joined hands with each other to increase tourism and these nations also export the Vanilla pods employed in several meals preparations and in ice cream globally.