{"id":7002,"date":"2025-09-24T09:51:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/?p=7002"},"modified":"2025-09-30T09:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T09:56:15","slug":"british-high-commissioner-explores-cultural-collaboration-in-courtesy-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/?p=7002","title":{"rendered":"British High Commissioner explores cultural collaboration in courtesy call"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7002\" class=\"elementor elementor-7002\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-accb25a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"accb25a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7a2bdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7a2bdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>British High Commissioner explores cultural collaboration in courtesy call<\/h3>\n<p>The Minister of Arts and Culture, <strong>Hon. Mahendra Gondeea, OSK<\/strong>, received <strong>H.E. Mr. Paul Brummell CMG, British High Commissioner to Mauritius<\/strong>, for a courtesy call at his office.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting provided an opportunity for an open and constructive exchange on strengthening bilateral ties in the field of arts and culture. Discussions focused on the potential to forge new avenues of collaboration between Mauritius and the United Kingdom, highlighting the value of cultural diplomacy as a bridge between nations.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Gondeea described the encounter as both \u201cenriching and inspiring,\u201d noting his appreciation of the High Commissioner\u2019s genuine interest in the richness of Mauritian culture. \u201cHis sincere appreciation and keen interest in our cultural heritage was deeply touching,\u201d the Minister said, while expressing optimism for future partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>Hon. 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Mahendra Gondeea, OSK, received H.E. Mr. Paul Brummell CMG, British High Commissioner to Mauritius, for a courtesy call at his office. The meeting provided an opportunity for an open and constructive exchange on strengthening bilateral ties in the field of arts and culture. Discussions focused on the potential to forge new avenues of collaboration between Mauritius and the United Kingdom, highlighting the value of cultural diplomacy as a bridge between nations. Minister Gondeea described the encounter as both \u201cenriching and inspiring,\u201d noting his appreciation\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":5}},"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3-20-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"cvmm-medium":["https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3-20-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"cvmm-medium-plus":["https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3-20-305x207.jpg",305,207,true],"cvmm-portrait":["https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3-20-400x393.jpg",400,393,true],"cvmm-medium-square":["https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3-20.jpg",593,393,false],"cvmm-large":["https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3-20.jpg",593,393,false],"cvmm-small":["https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3-20-130x95.jpg",130,95,true],"full":["https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3-20.jpg",593,393,false]},"categories_names":{"8":{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/?cat=8"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7002"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7009,"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7002\/revisions\/7009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}