Fort Dauphine: Humanitarian aid of 1000 metric tonnes of rice and 100,000 tablets of HCQ brought by INS Jalashwa to help Madagascar in dealing with the drought situation in South Madagascar was handed over to the Prime Minister of Madagascar Christian Ntsay today by the Ambassador of India, Abhay Kumar, in an official ceremony at the port of Ehoala, Fort Dauphine , Madagascar.
On receiving the consignment, the Prime Minister said: “It is a great pleasure to welcome you at Fort Dauphine as you know it is challenging for us to face this situation in South Madagascar. We have a long common history between India and Madagascar. This is another proof of our relationship; a big and very useful cooperation between Madagascar and India. Today we are here to welcome this donation and it’s very important for us to welcome that as South of Madagascar is facing a huge challenge. I would like to thank you so much for this donation to south of Madagascar.”
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Watch Madagascar’s Prime Minister Christian Ntsay’s speech here:
After receiving the aid Prime Minister Christian Ntsay wrote in the visitor’s book of the ship:
“I am pleased to welcome this donation granted by the Government of India. I really appreciate the excellent relationship between India and Madagascar under the leadership of the Ambassador of India in Madagascar. I thank the Indian Navy through the Captain and his team for the logistics and this demonstrates the friendship and the brotherhood between our both people. Again thanks a million for this donation and other domains of cooperation between our both countries.”
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Great👍 Indian Ambassador in Madagascar needs appreciation for the same.