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Jaswant visit to boost ties with SE Asian nations
The Statesman (New Delhi)
November 6, 2000
United News of Indian
New Delhi, Nov.5.?India will begin a new chapter in its ties with
Southeast Asian countries this week with the formal launch of the Ganga
Mekong Swarnabboomi Linkage Project during external affairs minister Mr
Jaswant Singh?s visit to Vietnam and Laos starting tomorrow.
The Ganga-Mekong programme is aimed at boosting collaboration between
India and the Mekong basin countries of Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos
and Cambodia.
The cooperation, starting in the areas of culture, tourism and
education, is envisaged to grow into partnership in vital infrastructure
areas like transport, railways, roads and air travel besides science,
information technology and human resource development.
The birth of the project was announced on the margins of the 33rd Asean
Post Ministerial Conference in Bangkok in July this year. The formal
inauguration in Vietiane, the capital of Laos, on 10 November will be
attended by the foreign ministers of the six member countries.
?India?s interaction with these countries under this umbrella is
expected to give a boast to trade and commercial ties and yield
long-term benefits for the country,? officials of the external affairs
ministry say.
Given the cultural commonalties, there was scope for building up
cooperation on infrastructural and transportation projects like the
Escap?s Asian Highway Project or an Asian Railway connecting India to
the Mekong basin countries.
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<p><b>The Statesman (New Delhi)</b>
<br><b>November 6, 2000</b>
<p><b>United News of Indian</b>
<p><b>New Delhi, Nov.5.</b>?India will begin a new chapter in its ties
with Southeast Asian countries this week with the formal launch of the
Ganga Mekong Swarnabboomi Linkage Project during external affairs minister
Mr Jaswant Singh?s visit to Vietnam and Laos starting tomorrow.
<p>The Ganga-Mekong programme is aimed at boosting collaboration between
India and the Mekong basin countries of Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos
and Cambodia.
<br>The cooperation, starting in the areas of culture, tourism and education,
is envisaged to grow into partnership in vital infrastructure areas like
transport, railways, roads and air travel besides science, information
technology and human resource development.
<br>The birth of the project was announced on the margins of the 33rd Asean
Post Ministerial Conference in Bangkok in July this year. The formal
inauguration in Vietiane, the capital of Laos, on 10 November will be attended
by the foreign ministers of the six member countries.
<p>?India?s interaction with these countries under this umbrella is expected
to give a boast to trade and commercial ties and yield long-term benefits
for the country,? officials of the external affairs ministry say.
<p>Given the cultural commonalties, there was scope for building up cooperation
on infrastructural and transportation projects like the Escap?s Asian Highway
Project or an Asian Railway connecting India to the Mekong basin countries.
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