PM Navin Ramgoolam in Paris for the bicentenary commemoration of the Naval Battle of Grand Port 1810

Written by Editor Wednesday, 08 September 2010 13:03

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On Tuesday, August 31, Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam and his delegation were in Paris for the commemoration of the Bicentenary of the Battle of Grand Port that took place off Ile de la Passe, Mauritius, two hundred years ago.
Grand Port as engraved on the Arc de Triomphe was the only French victory over the British under Napoleon.

The picture on the right shows Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam rekindling the flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe.
The Mauritian PM came to the Champs Elysées ceremony straight from an audience with President Nicolas Sarkosy at the Elysée Palace where Franco-Mauritian relations were discussed.
Navin Ramgoolam and the Mauritian Ambassador in France, Jacques Chasteau de Balyon hosted a cocktail  in the Grand Salon of the Hotel National des Invalides.
Over two hundred guests were invited for the commemoration which may only take place every 100 years.
The Paris celebrations mark also the close of the month commemoration that took place in Mauritius in August.