Overview
- At Mokolodi Nature Reserve, Presidents Droupadi Murmu and Duma Gideon Boko witnessed two of the captured cheetahs released into a quarantine pen during a symbolic handover.
- The eight cheetahs, sourced from Ghanzi in the Kalahari, are quarantined in Botswana and are expected to fly to India in the coming weeks.
- India and Botswana announced a memorandum of understanding on health and pharmaceuticals, with India committing a consignment of antiretroviral medicines at Botswana’s request.
- The leaders held delegation-level talks and agreed to expand cooperation across trade, investment, agriculture, renewable energy, health, education, skill development, defence and digital technology.
- The transfer marks the next phase of Project Cheetah, building on earlier relocations from Namibia in 2022 and South Africa in 2023.