From healthcare and education to defense, agriculture, migration, and cultural exchanges, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s India visit deepens the “Veilomani Dosti” partnership with new MoUs, joint initiatives, and strategic cooperation.
By TRH News Desk
NEW DELHI, August 25, 2025 — India and Fiji announced 17 major outcomes during the visit of Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka to New Delhi, underscoring the growing strategic, economic, and cultural partnership between the two countries.
In the health sector, India will support the design, construction, commissioning, and operation of a super-specialty hospital in Fiji, and supply medicines under the Janaushadhi scheme through HLL Lifecare Limited. Cooperation in standardization, digital skilling, and capacity building was also formalized through MoUs between Indian and Fijian institutions.
India committed to grant assistance for Quick Impact Projects, while a Declaration of Intent on Migration and Mobility was signed to facilitate movement of professionals and students. The Fijian side also handed over the lease deed for the Indian Chancery Building in Suva.
Key Announcements:
- Indian naval ship to make a port call in Fiji in 2025.
- Defence Attaché post to be created at the Indian High Commission in Suva.
- Gifting of ambulances to the Royal Fiji Military Forces.
- Establishment of a Cyber Security Training Cell in Fiji.
- Fiji’s decision to join the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI).
- Cooperation agreements between CII and FCEF, and between NABARD and Fiji Development Bank.
- Support for Fiji’s sugar industry with mobile soil labs, agricultural drones, and Indian experts under ITEC.
- Cultural and educational exchanges, including deputation of a Hindi-Sanskrit teacher to the University of Fiji, training of Fijian Pundits in India, and hosting of the 2nd Jaipur Foot Camp.
- Specialized medical treatment under the “Heal in India” programme, and a cricket coach deputed to Cricket Fiji.
- Indian Ghee gains access to the Fijian market.
The two nations also issued a joint statement affirming their partnership “in the spirit of Veilomani Dosti” — a phrase symbolizing friendship and cooperation.
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