NEW DELHI, INDIA - JUNE 25: President of Seychelles Danny Antoine Rollen Faure (L) shakes hand with Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) as President of India Ram Nath Kovind looks on during the ceremonial reception of president of Seychelles at Rashtrapati Bhavan on June 25, 2018 in New Delhi, India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India and Seychelles are going to work on the issue of the Assumption Island of Seychelles on the basis of mutual welfare. The statement is the first from the Prime Minister since the Parliament of Seychelles last week refused to ratify the naval base that India has been planning to build on the distant island of Assumption. The Island has been at the centre of high profile maritime diplomacy between India and the Indian Ocean country that got a boost with Modi’s 2015 visit. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times)
