Terrorism: Buhari, Modi, Africa leaders hold talks in New Delhi

But till today, India had shown its traditional reluctance to be drawn into any comparisons with other countries, especially China, that too are wooing Africa aggressively. “Our engagement with Africa is in terms of human resources”, he added.

This was revealed at the end of the meeting of senior officials attended by officials from all 54 African countries, representatives of the African Union and the Indian government.

Asked if India was concerned over the growing Chinese footprint in Africa, Akbaruddin said that India was more concerned about people to people exchange, and capacity building. Additionally, police and the foreign registration office are keeping a tab on the African nationals who have arrived in New Delhi over the past week, reported the Times of India. That being said, there is still a long way to go to reach the level at which Africa now trades with China, which is a formidable $200m per annum.

Modi said the global order, its institutions and mindsets continue to reflect the circumstances that existed at the end of the last World War.

“We are also talking about the continental free trade area which then incorporates accords”. And again, that’s a very huge market. “This requires concerted and smart actions, in particular for safeguarding sustained access to medicines”, Mr Esipisu said. Similarly, vehicles from Kashmere Gate and Civil Lines might take the Rani Jhansi Road, Karol Bagh route to reach south Delhi and avoid congestion, the official said.

The Round Table on WTO issues was also held during the meeting. We discussed it keeping in mind the context that for the first time it is being held in Africa.

“In both these meetings also India, Africa and other developing countries will have to work hand-in-hand to ensure that our development agenda is not affected, ” Swaraj said.

Following the two previous India-Africa Forum Summits, India has given around $7.4 billion of concessional credit, which has been used to enhance the fields of infrastructure, agriculture, industry, energy and water.

“The discussion [will focus] on several economic, cultural and political issues like green technology, blue economy, space technology, education, skill development, healthcare, food security, connectivity and peace and security”, Modi said, in a statement released over the weekend.