President of the Republic of Mozambique, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, is scheduled to visit India between August 4-8.
President Nyusi will be accompanied by his wife Isaura Nyusi, along with a high level delegation including the Mozambican Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Minerals and Energy, Agriculture, Transportation and Communications and Interior, senior officials as well as a senior business delegation.
During the visit, President Nyusi will meet President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice-President Hamid Ansari. He will also hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
President Mukherjee will host a banquet in honour of the visiting guests.
The President of Mozambique, who is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A), will also visit Ahmedabad for a day during his visit.
President Nyusi had earlier visited India in 2011 in his capacity as the Defence Minister of Mozambique.
India is a large trading and investment partner of Mozambique, with bilateral trade between both countries reaching almost USD 2.4 billion in 2014-15. Indian investments in Mozambique are presently valued at over USD 7 billion, primarily in the hydrocarbon and coal sectors.
India is also an important destination for Mozambicans for higher education and high quality health care facilities.
There are more than 20,000 Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) living and working in Mozambique. In addition there are approximately 1, 500 to 2, 000 Indian expatriates working in Mozambique with different Indian public and private sector enterprises.
