TIL Desk/National/Gandhinagar/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that Africa was a top priority for his government`s foreign and economic policy and pitched for an Asia-Africa Growth Corridor with the support of Japan.
Modi, who officially inaugurated the 52nd Annual Meetings of the African Development bank (AfDB) at Mahatma Mandir here, said India`s partnership with African countries was free of any conditions and will remain demand-driven.
“After assuming office in 2014, I have made Africa a top priority for India`s foreign and economic policy,” he said.The five-day annual meeting of AfDB, being held in India for the first time, is being attended by 54 African regional members and 27 non-regional member countries of the organisation.
Around 3,000 delegates are taking part in the event with the theme `Transforming Agriculture for wealth creation in Africa`. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in his remarks, said there was possibility of disruption in global economy due to inward looking policies of some advanced countries and this has danger of frittering away gains of globalization.
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