The Mauritius general elections of December 10, 2014 brought former Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth back into the saddle. Soodhun is the minister of housing and lands in the Government. According to Soodhun, bilateral relations between India and Mauritius were getting “even more cemented, and our economic, social and political links are getting even closer”.

He said though the Mauritius Government was very new, “our prime minister has sent me (to India) to go and give a good signal - that we have such high regard for India and are so keen to strengthen our relations”.

Soodhun said Mauritius was planning to purchase all petroleum products from India. “All our petroleum products will come from India, worth $1 billion for three years.” In December, the Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) entered into a MoU with STC Mauritius and Indian Oil Corp (IOC) to set up a petroleum terminal at Mauritius.