The Union Cabinet has approved the opening of 18 new Indian Missions in Africa over a four year period from 2018 to 2021.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the opening of 18 new Indian Missions in Africa over a four year period from 2018 to 2021.
The Missions will be opened in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland and Togo, thereby increasing the number of Resident Indian Missions in Africa from 29 to 47.
The decision will enhance India's diplomatic outreach in the African continent and allow India to engage with Indian diaspora in African countries and is also a step towards implementing the vision of an enhanced co-operation and engagement between India and Africa.
