New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today inaugurated the India-Africa Friendship Rose Garden in Delhi ahead of the third India Africa Summit which begins tomorrow.
"India considers Africa part of its extended neighbourhood and our friendship will blossom in the years to come," the External Affairs Minister said inaugurating the garden dedicated to India-Africa friendship in the national capital's diplomatic enclave.
"Today as one of the fastest growing economies in Asia, India is attaching the utmost importance to its economic engagement with the African countries," she said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was present at the function, mentioned India and Africa's "shared" history of struggle against colonialism and injustice and their icons Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi.
NDMC in association with Ministry of External Affairs has roped in artists from across Africa to perform cultural shows to promote the Indo-African ties.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his monthly radio broadcast 'Mann ki Baat' today said 'India-Africa ties go back a long time and have many similarities too'.
According to the NDTV sources, a group of diplomats from the African continent had written two letters to Sushma Swaraj in July expressing concern over the growing number of attacks on Africans.
"India considers Africa part of its extended neighbourhood and our friendship will blossom in the years to come," the External Affairs Minister said inaugurating the garden dedicated to India-Africa friendship in the national capital's diplomatic enclave.
"Today as one of the fastest growing economies in Asia, India is attaching the utmost importance to its economic engagement with the African countries," she said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was present at the function, mentioned India and Africa's "shared" history of struggle against colonialism and injustice and their icons Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi.
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NDMC in association with Ministry of External Affairs has roped in artists from across Africa to perform cultural shows to promote the Indo-African ties.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his monthly radio broadcast 'Mann ki Baat' today said 'India-Africa ties go back a long time and have many similarities too'.
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According to the NDTV sources, a group of diplomats from the African continent had written two letters to Sushma Swaraj in July expressing concern over the growing number of attacks on Africans.
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