Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India has given high importance to relations with Africa. Adding to this, he said that India has opened 16 new embassies in Africa.
“Today, India is Africa’s fourth-largest trade partner and the fifth-largest investor country,” he added.
PM Modi gave his address at BRICS-Africa Outreach and BRICS Plus Dialogue on Thursday in Johannesburg, South Africa.
“Be it power projects in Sudan, Burundi and Rwanda, sugar plants in Ethiopia and Malawi, technology pass in Mozambique, Côte d’Ivoire and Eswatini, and, campuses built by Indian universities in Tanzania and Uganda, India has always prioritised capacity building and infrastructure development of African nations”, PM Modi said. (ANI)
