GABORONE (Botswana): President Droupadi Murmu and Botswana’s President Duma Gideon Boko visited the Mokolodi Game Reserve in Gaborone, marking a symbolic moment in India-Botswana cooperation on wildlife conservation.

Sharing details of the visit, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal posted on X that it was “a gesture symbolising the shared commitment to wildlife conservation.” He added that President Boko “formally handed over eight cheetahs to India, under the next phase of ‘Project Cheetah’.”

In a landmark conservation gesture, Botswana formally handed over eight cheetahs to India on Thursday at the Mokolodi Nature Reserve during President Murmu’s state visit. Botswana President Duma Gideon Boko was present at the ceremony, along with wildlife officials from both countries who briefed the

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