The Prime Minister has now delivered 17 addresses in foreign parliaments.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a standing ovation from lawmakers, and chants of 'Modi, Modi' reverberated as he began his address to the Joint Session of the Parliament of Namibia this week.
In his speech, he underlined the role and power of the Indian constitution that a person like him secured his third tenure as a leader of India, despite coming from a poor family. ”It is because of India’s Constitution that a daughter from a poor tribal family is today the President of the world’s largest democracy,” he added, referring to President Droupadi Murmu.
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He called for a stronger bilateral partnership between India and Namibia to drive cooperation in areas ranging from trade and development partnership to digital solutions and healthcare. The southern African nation was the last leg of Modi’s five-nation tour and the address to the lawmakers was his final engagement in Namibia.
“We must act together. Let us create a future defined not by power, but by partnership, not by dominance, but by dialogue, not by exclusion, but by equity,” he said.
“Our development partnership in Africa is worth over $12 billion. But its real value is in shared growth and shared purpose. We continue to build local skills, create local jobs and support local innovations,” he added.
