"We are marching together in areas of bio-technology, education and economic and technical cooperation. India will provide all possible assistance to Mauritius in meeting the challenges of globalisation by acquiring new economic capabilities," he told a gathering of eminent personalities after unveiling a plaque at the Swami Vivekananda International Convention Centre in Port Louis.

Singh, who is on a four-day official visit to this Indian Ocean island nation, said "India has worked hard to make a success of unity in diversity."

In the age of globalisation this experiment in nation-building is of increasing relevance to the whole world, he said.

The Prime Minister said a true global society would in fact be a collection of all pluralistic societies living together harmoniously and in mutual interdependence.