♤ P.M Modi became the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Seychelles in 34 years.

♤ Modi announced that India will give a second Dornier aircraft to the Island nation for coastal surveillance

♤ The two nations signed four agreements for cooperation in hydrography, renewable energy, infrastructure development and hydro-graphic survey.

♤ Another important agreement is for infrastructure development in the Assumption Island.

♤ P.M. also inaugurated the first of the eight Coastal Surveillance Radar Systems (CSRS) being set up by India. India is helping Indian Ocean littorals as part of capacity and capability enhancement in strengthening their maritime domain awareness capabilities.In addition to Seychelles, an agreement for setting up similar systems in Maldives is pending and six Automatic Identification System (AIS) stations have been set up in Sri Lanka.