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India, Namibia sign 4 MoUs to deepen ties in attendance of PM Modi

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GLOBAL, July 09, 2025: India and Namibia Wednesday signed MoUs in the field of Health and Medicine, and on the setting up of Entrepreneurship Development Center in Namibia and on Cooperation. An announcement on launching of Digital Payments system in Namibia later this year also took place.

Letters of acceptance for Namibia’s joining of CDRI and Global Biofuels Alliance has also been presented. The MoUs have been signed after the delegation-level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at the State House in the Namibian capital, Windhoek.

Addressing the media on the sidelines of the visit, Secretary Economic Relations of Ministry of External Affairs Dammu Ravi said Namibia is the first country in the world where NPCI has done a technology agreement with a central bank for the implementation of UPI like payment system in the country. Both the leaders also touched upon the multilateral issues like condemnation of terrorism and reforming of the multilateral institution.

Prime Minister Modi also paid tribute to Sam Nujoma, the founding father of the Namibian nation, at the National Memorial Heroes’ Acre in Windhoek.

Prime Minister Modi in a social media post said that he reviewed the full range of India-Namibia relations during the talks with Namibian President. He said, Cooperation in areas such as digital technology, defence, security, agriculture, healthcare, education and critical minerals figured prominently during discussions.

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