Durban, Oct 2 (PTI): India and Africa need to work together in the new world order and in the changing economic paradigm, India should be looked as a land of economic opportunities, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said here.
"For Africans of Indian origin, the bonds tying them to the land of their origin have hitherto been social and cultural. In the changing economic paradigm, you must increasingly look at India as a land of economic opportunity," he said here.
He was addressing a gathering of 400 delegates of Indian diaspora at the inauguration dinner of first African Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) which is being held here on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi today.
"For India, the African continent is exceedingly important, both at the regional and global level.