The Ambassador of the State of Israel to Mauritius, with residence in Pretoria, Mr Eliav Belotsercovsky, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Kumar Jugnauth,on Wednesday afternoon, at the New Treasury Building in Port-Louis.
In a statement following the meeting, the Ambassador indicated that discussions focused on several areas of cooperation such as agriculture, water management, healthcare, research and development, and innovation.
He also spoke of exchange programmes between both countries adding that 47 experts have been trained in the last two years by Israel and one agricultural expert is currently on a study tour in Israel. “We look forward to bringing experts in water management from Israel here and to have a delegation from Mauritius in healthcare”, he said.
Earlier, the Ambassador of the State of Israel to Mauritius, Mr Eliav Belotsercovsky paid a courtesy call on the Attorney General, Minister of Agro-Industry and Food Security, Mr Maneesh Gobin, in his Office at Renganaden Seeneevassen Building. Digital agriculture, protected or sheltered agriculture, use of water for agriculture, drip irrigation, fertigation, off-season fruits production and processing techniques, are some of the sectors in which Mauritius and Israel are considering for avenues of cooperation.
In a statement, the Israeli Ambassador shared that Mauritius and Israel have the potential to explore avenues of cooperation in many areas and indicated that, at present, there is an expert from Mauritius in Israel on a study trip in cattle-breeding. Discussions with the Minister also focused on providing training programmes as well as organising visits of experts and holding zoom conferences in the agriculture sector, he highlighted.
