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Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, with the Heads of Governments during the Opening Plenary Session of 2nd Africa-India Forum Summit, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 24 May, 2011. The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in a bilateral meeting with the President of South Africa, Mr. Jacob Zuma, on the sideline of the 5th IBSA Summit, at Pretoria, South Africa on October 18, 2011. 53
Annual Report 2011 - 2012 An EXIM Bank Line of Credit for US$ 80 million was extended to Burundi for financing the 20 MW Kabu Hydro Electric Project. The LoC agreement was signed on the sidelines of the IAFS-II at Addis Ababa by Mr Vinod Goel, Resident Representative on behalf of EXIM Bank, and Mrs Clotilde Nizigama, Minister of Finance of Burundi, on 24 May, 2011. An agreement between the National University of Education Planning and Administration (NUEPA) and Burundi's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research for establishment of India Africa Institute of Education Planning and Administration (IAIEPA) was signed in Bujumbura on 14 October, 2011. The IAIEPA would be established in pursuance of the Plan of Action formulated during the First India-Africa Forum Summit held in New Delhi in April 2008. Dr Binod Kumar Singh, Registrar, NUEPA, and Dr Julien Nimubona, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Burundi, signed the agreement. Prof R Govinda, Vice Chancellor of NUEPA, Dr Beatrice Njenga, Head of the Education Department, Directorate of Higher Education and Science and Technology, African Union Commission, and other senior officers of the Government of Burundi graced the occasion. Botswana India's relations with Botswana have been close and friendly. The Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia, visited Botswana from 18-19 September, 2011. A CII-led business delegation accompanied him. He called on the Vice President of Botswana, the Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration and the Acting Minister of Trade and Industry. He also addressed a business conference organised by the Botswana Export Development and Investment Authority (BEDIA). The Government of India has extended a grant-in-aid in the health and education sector, under which medical equipment was supplied to Botswana in October 2011 and supply of computers and other equipment is under process. A revised Memorandum of Agreement on secondment of Indian Army/Air Force to Botswana is under the active consideration of both sides. After the second meeting of India-Africa Forum Summit, the number of ITEC positions for civilian training has increased to 75 in 2011-12 from 60 in 2009-10. Under the decisions of the India-Africa Foreign Summit, six candidates from Botswana have availed of the C V Raman Fellowship for 2011 and two have applied for the same for 2012, and one candidate has availed of the Agricultural Scholarship in 2011-12. Several candidates from Botswana have participated in special training programmes. 54 Setting up of the India Africa Diamond Institute in Botswana by the Indian Diamond Institute is under progress. Many Indian businessmen have shown interest in investment in the diamond sector in Botswana. Comoros Mr Ikililou Dhoinine took over as President of the Union of Comoros in an investiture ceremony held in Moroni on 26 May, 2011. In her message of felicitations, the President of India reiterated in the spirit of South-South Cooperation India's deep desire to further expand the existing close and friendly ties between India and the Comoros. India has extended a concessional Line of Credit amounting to US$ 41.6 million to Comoros to set up an 18 MW power project in Moroni to resolve the country's energy crisis. Shri Gurjit Singh, Additional Secretary (E&SA), paid the first-ever official visit by a senior officer from the Ministry of External Affairs to Comoros from 4-6 October, 2011. He called on the President, the Vice President, and the Foreign Minister of Comoros, and held discussions on bilateral cooperation matters. He offered an additional soft loan of US$ 35 million for developmental projects to be chosen by Comoros. He reiterated India's commitment to set up a vocational training centre in Comoros as soon as the location of the Centre was decided upon by the Government of Comoros. In response to a Comorian request for support in solar energy, he expressed India's readiness to train Comorian women in the field of solar engineering at the Barefoot College of India under ITEC. As a part of India's enhanced engagement with Africa, through the process of the India-Africa Forum Summit-I held in New Delhi in April 2008 and IAFS-II held in Addis Ababa in May 2011, India has increased the long-term and short scholarships for Comoros to help the country in capacity building, and human resource development. The Pan-African e-Network Project in tele-medicine and teleeducation is already functional in the Comoros. Eritrea India and Eritrea enjoy warm and cordial relations in political, commercial, education and other areas. Mr Osman Saleh, Foreign Minister of Eritrea, paid an official visit to India from 6-8 June, 2011, and called on the Minister of State, Smt Preneet Kaur, on 7 June, 2011. This was the first visit of any African Minister after the successful conclusion of the 2nd Africa India Forum Summit in Addis Ababa from 24-25 May, 2011. The Foreign Minister of Eritrea welcomed India's re-emergence as a major economic, political and technological power. He also commended India's
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Contents Introduction and Synopsis
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Introduction and Synopsis India's f
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India-ASEAN Summit and the 6th East
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Jigme Tshultim. The Indian Home Min
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Pakistan: India seeks a peaceful re
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numbering about 18,000. As the situ
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in different parts of the world. In
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Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) for acqu
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its efforts to remain active in the
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Afghanistan India and Afghanistan h
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Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh,
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Piracy Given the threat to internat
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meetings with the Vice President, t
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Ministry of Environment & Forests,
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the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya' in Febr
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Assembly urged the States to intens
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Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products,
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UN Disarmament Commission India par
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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Si
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Technical and Economic Cooperation
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Projects and Project-related Activi
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Tractors supplied to Tanzania under
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Given the country's increasing depe
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• Scrutiny of restricted map shee
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10. Mr Radoslaw Sikorski, Minister
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Passport Offices Consular, Passport
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Administration and Establishment Th
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Right to Information and Chief Publ
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important day-to-day developments.
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Malaysia, Australia, Suriname, Irel
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the ASEAN-India economic partnershi
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Appendices
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Appendix I Treaties/Conventions/Agr
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Appendix XV Principal Destinations
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Abbreviations AALCO Asian African L
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