India and Madagascar have signed a memorandum of understanding in Antananarivo between the public broadcaster of the two countries to explore the co-production of programmes, and training and exchange of personnel.

The pact mandates collaboration between India’s Prasar Bharati and Madagascar’s ORTM (Office de la Radio et de la Television).

The Indian embassy in Madagascar and Comoros said in a tweet on Tuesday, “An MoU on cooperation and collaboration in Broadcasting between Prasar Bharati, India and ORTM (Office de la Radio et de la Television) Madagascar was signed today in Antananarivo by Ambassador Abhay Kumar and BELALAHY Jean Yves, Director General of ORTM.”

Under this agreement, Madagascar National Television will broadcast programmes from internal productions by Prasar Bharati, ANI reported.

“The MoU aims at the exchange of Programmes, exploring co-production of Programmes and Training/Exchange of Personnel. Madagascar National Television will broadcast programs from internal productions of Prasar Bharati in fields of culture, education, science, and sports among others,” the embassy said in another tweet.

Recently, India and Madagascar have increased bilateral engagement in several domains and are exploring various outlets for cooperation.