Broadening cooperation between Victoria — the capital of Seychelles — and Panaji — the capital of Goa, India — was the subject of discussions held between President Danny Faure and the Mayor of Panaji, State House said on Sunday.
Faure and Mayor Vithal Chopdekar also agreed to explore further cooperation in areas such as port exchanges, marine security, tourism, heritage preservation, people-to-people contact and fisheries.
The head of state of Seychelles, who is on his first state visit to India, visited the Hansa naval airbase and was shown the different cooperation areas that the base already has with the 115-island archipelago in the western Indian Ocean. The presentation was followed by a tour of the naval base where Dornier aircraft and various types of helicopters and other aircraft are stationed.
Faure also visited a museum which houses fragments of sculpture from Hindu temple sites and a gallery containing portraits of some 60 of Goa’s Portuguese viceroys over the 400 years of Portuguese rule….
Source: Seychelles News Agency
