Overview
- India and Botswana announced the translocation of eight Kalahari cheetahs to India, with a symbolic handover set for Thursday at Mokolodi nature reserve.
- President Droupadi Murmu told President Duma Gideon Boko that India will take good care of the cheetahs as the animals enter quarantine ahead of transfer under Project Cheetah.
- Murmu held delegation-level talks in Gaborone, with an MoU on cooperation in health and pharmaceuticals expected during the visit.
- This is the first state visit by an Indian head of state to Botswana, following Murmu’s first-ever presidential visit to Angola earlier in the week.
- In Angola, Murmu oversaw two MoUs as the country agreed to join the International Big Cat Alliance and the Global Biofuel Alliance, while India pressed cooperation on critical minerals and defence.