Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (L) meets with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on September 2, 2018 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Pravind Kumar Jugnauth;Li Keqiang

Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (centre L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend a signing ceremony at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on September 2, 2018 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Pravind Kumar Jugnauth;Li Keqiang

Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend a signing ceremony at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on September 2, 2018 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Pravind Kumar Jugnauth;Li Keqiang

Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend a signing ceremony at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on September 2, 2018 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Pravind Kumar Jugnauth;Li Keqiang

Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (L) meets with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on September 2, 2018 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Pravind Kumar Jugnauth;Li Keqiang

Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on September 2, 2018 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Pravind Kumar Jugnauth;Li Keqiang

Glass roof of the Passage Brady in Paris commonly known as Little India, which houses numerous Indian, Pakistan, Mauritian and Reunion shops, France, November 28, 2016. Picture taken November 28, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Inside view of the Passage Brady in Paris commonly known as Little India, which houses numerous Indian, Pakistan, Mauritian and Reunion shops, France, November 28, 2016. Picture taken November 28, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth of Mauritius addresses a plenary meeting of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York September 27, 2015. More than 150 world leaders are expected to attend the three day summit to formally adopt an ambitious new sustainable development agenda, according to a U.N. press statement. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth of Mauritius addresses a plenary meeting of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York September 27, 2015. More than 150 world leaders are expected to attend the three day summit to formally adopt an ambitious new sustainable development agenda, according to a U.N. press statement. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) shakes hands with his Mauritian counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam before the start of their bilateral meeting in New Delhi May 27, 2014. Modi was sworn in as India's prime minister in an elaborate ceremony at New Delhi's resplendent presidential palace on Monday, after a sweeping election victory that ended two terms of rule by the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS)

Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam leaves 10 Downing Street, in central London June 8, 2012. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS)

Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam (R) leaves 10 Downing Street, in central London June 8, 2012. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS)

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (L) poses for a photograph with Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, as Ramgoolam prepares to leave after a visit to 10 Downing Street, in central London June 8, 2012. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS)

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (L) poses for a photograph with Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, as Ramgoolam prepares to leave after a visit to 10 Downing Street, in central London June 8, 2012. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS)

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) speaks with his Mauritian counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam (C) as Ramgoolam's wife Veena watches, during a ceremonial reception at India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi February 7, 2012. Ramgoolam is on a five-day state visit to India. REUTERS/B Mathur (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS)

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) poses for pictures with his Mauritian counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam (C) and Ramgoolam's wife Veena, during a ceremonial reception at India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi February 7, 2012. Ramgoolam is on a five-day state visit to India. REUTERS/B Mathur (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS)

A general view shows the road between Nouahibou and Nouakchott, where three Spanish aid workers were abducted from, December 3, 2009. Three Spanish aid workers were kidnapped in Mauritania on Sunday, officials said of an attack that will heighten security fears in the West African desert republic where al Qaeda-linked gunmen operate. The three were abducted as they travelled in a convoy through the Saharan state, a Spanish Foreign Ministry spokesman in Madrid said. Mauritanian security sources said the attack took place on the road between the capital Nouakchott and the coastal trading city of Nouadhibou. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (MAURITANIA CONFLICT POLITICS)

A tourist from Mauritius kisses the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in the Old City of Jerusalem March 29, 2009. As the Jewish holiday of Passover draws near, workers on Sunday cleaned out the cracks and made room for more paper notes that Jews believe are notes to God. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM POLITICS RELIGION)

A vendor sells chillies at a food market in Port Louis June 26, 2008. Ways to improve the continent's food output and deal with soaring world commodity prices will be discussed at the African Development Bank conference in Tunis on Thursday. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

A Chinese man walks past Mauritian and Chinese flags at a Chinese base Riche Terre May 8, 2008. Construction nearby is due to begin "very shortly" of a Chinese mega-project costing about $765 million over five years. Creating a zone for Chinese companies to access Africa, the Tianli project is expected to create 40,000 direct and indirect jobs. But locals fear most of the jobs will go to Chinese workers, and more than 100 locals must find somewhere else to live and farm. To match feature MAURITIUS-CHINA/. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

A Mauritian man tends to his vegetables in Terre Rouge May 8, 2008. Construction nearby is due to begin "very shortly" of a Chinese mega-project costing about $765 million over five years. Creating a zone for Chinese companies to access Africa, the Tianli project is expected to create 40,000 direct and indirect jobs. But locals fear most of the jobs will go to Chinese workers, and more than 100 locals must find somewhere else to live and farm.
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Traditional Mauritian sega dancers pose in Gabriel Island, October 11, 2007. With economic reform and tourism development, land has acquired a new value in Mauritius. Once used as a quarantine station for cholera patients, Gabriel Island was once open to everybody, but a Mauritian businessman now charges tourists to land on the tiny desert island in what many view as a government-sanctioned "land grab". To match Feature MAURITIU-ISLAND/. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

A pink pigeon sits in a cage in Black River, Mauritius, April 16, 2008. Down to just a dozen birds in the 1970s, the pink pigeon has been brought back from the brink of extinction to about 380 birds today. Conservationists say the key to success has been intensive management, although captive breeding programmes were stopped about a decade ago. Today the birds are held if they are sick or if they need to be ringed or electronically tagged for tracking purposes. Picture taken April 16, 2008. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

An endangered pink pigeon sits on a tree on Mauritius' Ile Aux Aigrettes April 16, 2008. Endemic to Mauritius, the pink pigeon was facing extinction in the 1970s with just a dozen or so birds remaining. Almost going the way of the dodo several centuries before, the pink pigeon suffered following the introduction of new predators such as rats and monkeys and the loss of natural habitat. Intensive conservation has slowly brought the pink pigeon back from the edge, with almost 400 birds in the wild. Picture taken April 16, 2008. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

A Mauritian man rides his motorbike past Mauritius' central bank in the capital Port Louis, September 18, 2007. Mauritian banking has been one of the Indian Ocean island's success stories in the past 15 years, boosted by a tax treaty with India. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

Jason Malham, a New Zealander who has coordinated parakeet work for the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, descends from a tree after checking the nesting site of a Mauritius Echo Parakeet Black River Gorge national park September 11, 2007. In the 1980s, there were only about 10 left alive. But, in a rare success story, a two-decade conservation programme in a wooded corner of Mauritius has brought the Echo Parakeet back from the brink of extinction. It is one of the only good news stories in Wednesday's IUCN Red List -- a list of threatened species compiled by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources -- which downgraded the species to "Endangered" from "Critically Endangered" in its last report. Picture taken September 11, 2007. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

A Mauritius Echo Parakeet rests in Black River Gorge national park September 11, 2007. In the 1980s, there were only about 10 left alive. But, in a rare success story, a two-decade conservation programme in a wooded corner of Mauritius has brought the Echo Parakeet back from the brink of extinction. It is one of the only good news stories in Wednesday's IUCN Red List -- a list of threatened species compiled by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources -- which downgraded the species to "Endangered" from "Critically Endangered" in its last report. Picture taken September 11, 2007. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

Gabi Steindl, a kite surfer from Austria, kite surfs in Le Morne in south-west Mauritius July 24, 2007. Her blond hair dripping with salt water, top Austrian kitesurfer Gabi Steidl cuts through the translucent, emerald green waves of the Indian Ocean. Kitesurfing -- a hi-tech hybrid of surfing and kite-flying -- is fast winning converts: riders harnessed to kites who stand on boards and skim, surf or even leap, often hanging in the air for several seconds. Picture taken July 24, 2007. To match feature MAURITIUS-KITESURF/ REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

Passengers disembark a Catovair airliner at the Rodrigues airport, May 30, 2007. A small Mauritian airline company flew its last commercial flight on Wednesday, highlighting what critics see as a possible government intention to curb the firms of European descendants. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

Nik Cole, a British reptile expert with funding from his government?s Darwin Initiative, shows a recently released skink in Ile Aux Aigrettes, a small, wooded island less than one kilometre from the Mauritian mainland's southern coast March 8, 2007. In recent months, some 260 skinks ? a forearm-length brown-grey lizard found mostly in the undergrowth - have been taken from another island where they are plentiful and returned to Ile Aux Aigrettes where they lived hundreds of years ago. Picture taken Marcn 8, 2007. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

Ashok Khadun, from the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, shows a baby to an Aldabran giant tortoise on Mauritius' Ile Aux Aigrettes, a small, wooded island less than one kilometre (0.6 miles) from the Mauritian mainland's southern coast March 8, 2007. Mauritius evolved without humans, and the arrival of the Portuguese, Dutch, French, and British from the 16th century onwards was a disaster for wildlife including the world?s most famous flightless bird, the dodo, and other animals. Mauritius did once have two species of its own giant tortoises, but the gentle beasts on Ile Aux Aigrettes, weighing an average 200 to 250 kilograms, are from the Seychellois island of Aldabra. Picture taken Marcn 8, 2007. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

A tiny Mauritius Fody which benefits from protection and supplementary feeding in Ile Aux Aigrettes, a small, wooded island less than one kilometre (0.6 miles) from the Mauritian mainland's southern coast, is seen in Ile Aux Aigrettes March 8, 2007. Safe from predators, two critically endangered and endemic species the Mauritius Fody and the hefty Pink Pigeon have had their numbers increased to a few hundred each from just a handful. In the past twenty years, Mauritius has also saved the Echo Parakeet and the Mauritius Kestrel which down to four birds was the world's rarest in 1974, but has been boosted to 1,000 free-flying kestrels at present, MWF officials say. Picture taken Marcn 8, 2007. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

Mauritian sugar planter Suryadev Benee, 45, stands in his sugar plantation in Grand Sable, eastern coast, 50km (32 miles) from the capital, Port Louis February 27, 2007. Benee does not follow the intricacies of European agricultural policy, but he knows about his sugar. And the 45 year-old father of three -- whose father was also a planter -- is worried by Europe's decision to slash its preferential sugar prices by 36 percent over four years. More than three decades ago, in 1975, Europe signed a sugar deal with nineteen African, Caribbean and Pacific countries to trade agreed quantities of sugar at guaranteed prices. Picture taken on February 27, 2007. TO MATCH FEATURE MAURITIUS SUGAR. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

Mauritian sugar planter Suryadev Benee, 45, stands in his sugar plantation in Grand Sable, eastern coast, 50km (32 miles) from the capital, Port Louis February 27, 2007. Benee does not follow the intricacies of European agricultural policy, but he knows about his sugar. And the 45 year-old father of three -- whose father was also a planter -- is worried by Europe's decision to slash its preferential sugar prices by 36 percent over four years. More than three decades ago, in 1975, Europe signed a sugar deal with nineteen African, Caribbean and Pacific countries to trade agreed quantities of sugar at guaranteed prices. Picture taken on February 27, 2007. TO MATCH FEATURE MAURITIUS SUGAR. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

Suryadev Benee, 45, a Mauritian sugar planter and father of three, stands at his sugar plantation in Grand Sable, eastern coast, about 50km (32 miles) from the capital Port Louis February 27, 2007. Away from Mauritius' sugar estates, an estimated 28,000 planters like Benee produce 25 percent of the Indian Ocean island?s sugar. But Europe, which buys more than 90 percent of Mauritius? sugar, is slashing its preferential sugar prices by 36 percent over four years. Picture taken February 27, 2007. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

Tour guides wait for visitors at Cap Malheureux, north of Mauritius, February 5, 2007. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

Fishermen walk in the shallow waters of the Indian Ocean in Bain Boeuf, northern Mauritius, February 5, 2007. Industrialised nations should agree to binding rules to cut the use of the toxic heavy metal mercury and speed up plans to curb exports to the developing world, environmental activists said on Monday. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

A Mauritian Creole sells fruits at festivities to mark the end of slavery at Le Morne, Mauritius February 1, 2007. Hundreds of Mauritian slave descendants partied on Thursday to remember the end of slavery on the Indian Ocean Island, while activists complained about a lack of opportunity. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

Mauritian Creole fishermen return from a fishing expedition in Le Morne, Mauritius January 31, 2007. Hundreds of Mauritian slave descendants partied on February 1, 2007, to remember the end of slavery on the Indian Ocean Island, while activists complained about a lack of opportunity. Picture taken January 31, 2007. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

A fisherman cuts open a crab at Mahebourg in the south of Mauritius, January 20, 2007. Undaunted by cyclones, a sea-based Mauritian fish farm expects to double its output to 1,000 tonnes in 2007 from 500 tonnes last year, a company official said on Monday. Picture taken January 20, 2007. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

A man feeds fish at a sea-based fish farm in Mahebourg off Mauritius' south-east coast, January 2007. Undaunted by cyclones, a sea-based Mauritian fish farm expects to double its output to 1,000 tonnes in 2007 from 500 tonnes last year, a company official said on Monday. Picture taken January 18, 2007. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

A Mauritian plays his drum during a ceremony for a newly renovated temple in the northern town of Cap Malheureux November 19, 2006. The Indian Ocean island is closer to Africa than India, but the Hindu population forms roughly 70 percent of the 1.3 million population, growing rapidly in the late 19th century when the end of slavery in 1835 forced sugar plantations to find new workers. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

A Mauritian says special prayers during a ceremony for a newly renovated temple in the northern town of Cap Malheureux November 19, 2006. The Indian Ocean island is closer to Africa than India, but the Hindu population forms roughly 70 percent of the 1.3 million population, growing rapidly in the late 19th century when the end of slavery in 1835 forced sugar plantations to find new workers. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

A Mauritian family walks past the Hindu goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, at the main temple in Grand Bassin, about 30 km (19 miles)from the capital Port Louis, July 23, 2006. More than half of the island's 1.2 million people are Hindu, descendents of indentured labourers from India. Picture taken July 23, 2006. REUTERS/Tim Cocks (MAURITANIA)

Mauritians hold candles as they participate in the International Aids Candlelight Memorial March held on the streets of Rose Hill, Mauritius, May 21, 2006. The International AIDS Candlelight Memorial commemorates lives lost to AIDS, demonstrates support for people living with HIV/AIDS, and mobilizes community-based response to HIV/AIDS since 1983. REUTERS/Jean Alain Laperotine

Young women display traditional henna tattoos on their hands in the ancient Mauritanian village of Ouadane, about 600 km (373 miles) northeast of the capital Nouakchott, August 16, 2005. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly FOR/MK

A Mauritian priest blesses the coffin of the late Rachelle Chung, a Mauritian victim of the London bombings which killed over 50 people and wounded hundreds, during a funeral service at the St, Louis Cathedral in Port Louis, Mauritius, July 27, 2005. Police in London arrested four men in central England on Wednesday while hunting for those behind last week's failed London bomb attacks. REUTERS/Laperotine Jean Alain AN/DY

Family members of the late Rachelle Chung, a Mauritian victim of the London bombings which killed over 50 people and wounded hundreds, gather to pay their last respects at the St, Louis Cathedral in Port Louis, Mauritius, July 27, 2005. Police in London arrested four men in central England on Wednesday while hunting for those behind last week's failed London bomb attacks. REUTERS/Laperotine Jean Alain AN/DY

Mauritius citizens make their way to a polling centre in Vacoas July 3, 2005. Mauritians voted for a new government on Sunday, hoping it will nurture an economy hurt by the loss of preferential trade deals which had underpinned the Indian Ocean island's relative prosperity in Africa. The ruling coalition of Prime Minister Paul Berenger was running neck-and-neck with Navin Ramgoolam's opposition Social Alliance after campaigns appealing to the poor - those most at risk from threats to the island's sugar and textile sectors. REUTERS/Jean Alain Laperotine JAL/AN/KI

Mauritius Prime Minister Paul Raymond Berenger speaks to reporters at a polling centre in Vacoas, Mauritius, July 3, 2005. Mauritians voted for a new government on Sunday, hoping it will nurture an economy hurt by the loss of preferential trade deals which had underpinned the Indian Ocean island's relative prosperity in Africa. The ruling coalition of Prime Minister Paul Berenger was running neck-and-neck with Navin Ramgoolam's opposition Social Alliance after campaigns appealing to the poor - those most at risk from threats to the island's sugar and textile sectors. REUTERS/Jean Alain Laperotine JAL/DY

Mauritius Prime Minister Paul Raymond Berenger waves after casting his vote at a polling centre in Vacoas, Mauritius, July 3, 2005. Mauritians voted for a new government on Sunday, hoping it will nurture an economy hurt by the loss of preferential trade deals which had underpinned the Indian Ocean island's relative prosperity in Africa. The ruling coalition of Prime Minister Paul Berenger was running neck-and-neck with Navin Ramgoolam's opposition Social Alliance after campaigns appealing to the poor - those most at risk from threats to the island's sugar and textile sectors. REUTERS/Jean Alain Laperotine JAL/DY

Mauritius Prime Minister Paul Raymond Berenger (L) arrives with his wife (C) and the son at a polling center in Vacoas, Mauritius, July 3, 2005. Mauritians voted for a new government on Sunday, hoping it will nurture an economy hurt by the loss of preferential trade deals which had underpinned the Indian Ocean island's relative prosperity in Africa. The ruling coalition of Prime Minister Paul Berenger was running neck-and-neck with Navin Ramgoolam's opposition Social Alliance after campaigns appealing to the poor - those most at risk from threats to the island's sugar and textile sectors. REUTERS/Jean Alain Laperotine JAL/DY

Supporters of ruling Mauritian Militant Movement-Militant Socialist Movement (MMM-MSM) coalition listen to their leaders in Mauritius. Supporters of ruling Mauritian Militant Movement-Militant Socialist Movement (MMM-MSM) listen to their leaders during a rally in Rose Hill, July 1, 2005, ahead of the island's parliamentary elections on July 3. Voters on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius elect a new government on Sunday tasked with steering the economy through its roughest patch in decades. Picture taken July 1, 2005. REUTERS/Jean Alain Laperotine

Supporters of the ruling Mauritian Militant Movement-Militant Socialist Movement (MMM-MSM) coalition hold banners during a pre-election rally in Port Louis, Mauritius, June 29, 2005. The island's parliamentary elections will be held on July 3. REUTERS/Jean Alain Laperotine JAL/RSS

Supporters of ruling MMM-MSM coalition hold a poster of Mauritius PM Berenger during a rally in Port Louis, Mauritius. Supporters of the ruling Mauritian Militant Movement-Militant Socialist Movement (MMM-MSM) coalition hold a poster of Mauritius Prime Minister Paul Berenger in his youth during a pre-election rally in Port Louis June 29, 2005. The island's parliamentary elections will be held on July 3. REUTERS/Jean Alain Laperotine

Sunset viewed from the beach at Le Morne peninsula in South-West
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A small fishing boat cruises along the East coast of Mauritius near Ile
aux Cerfs which has one of the most picturesque and spectacular beaches
on the Indian Ocean island, November 13, 2003. Although surrounded by
thousands of miles of ocean, the island's fishing industry has never
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A Mauritian fishing boat sails past the 'Flor de la Mar', a small
replica of a pirate galleon, taking tourists along the East coast of
Mauritius towards Ile aux Cerfs which has one of the most picturesque
and spectacular beaches on the Indian Ocean island, November 13, 2003.
Tourism is a steadily growing industry in a country whose economy used
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