It's confirmed. The Indian government has canceled the meeting of the Joint Working Group on the Treaty of nondouble taxation, to be held from 27 to 29 January in New Delhi.
Indian authorities claim that it is the non-availability of the leader of the Indian delegation is led to the referral. But in diplomatic circles, it says that it is the tone of the statement of Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, Davos especially after his meeting with Indian Finance Minister, P.Chidambaram, who led the Department of Foreign Affairs to make this decision.
Mauritian Prime Minister had, remember, dryly made clear to the Indian Minister he does not like the Indian position on the tax treaty and the amendments that the Indian government plans to make and that it would not, he said, to the advantage of the Mauritian offshore sector.
According to our information overlap, the Indian government wishes, through this reference, to understand the Mauritian authorities that the last word deserves in the context of these negotiations ...