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PM to Thein Sein: India, Myanmar on new
journey of cooperation
Monday May 28, 2012 12:58:18 PM, Rahul Dass,
IANS
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Nay Pyi Taw: India and
Myanmar have "embarked on a new journey of bilateral cooperation",
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said during his talks with
President Thein Sein.
Manmohan Singh, who landed here Sunday, told Thein Sein at the
100-room presidential palace here that India was committed to
strengthening its "economic and development partnership with
Myanmar".
According to spokesperson of the external affairs ministry Syed
Akbaruddin, the prime minister also said: "We wish you all success
in your nation building efforts and changes you are bringing
about."
In a series of messages put out on the microblogging site Twitter,
the prime minister was quoted as saying that "capacity building"
was a "major priority" of the development assistance programme.
Manmohan Singh told Thein Sein, who is powering dramatic reforms
in the country, that India intended to double training slots for
Myanmar.
Manmohan Singh, who was accorded an impressive guard of honour in
this new Myanmar capital, is the first Indian prime minister to
visit the resource-rich country in 25 years.
Manmohan Singh goes to Yangon Tuesday where he will meet
pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi before returning home.
Manmohan Singh's visit will be a signal to India Inc to do
business with and in Myanmar, a country rich in natural resources
and home to54 million people.
India-Myanmar trade is currently pegged at just $1.2 billion. New
Delhi is looking at doubling it by 2015.
The late Rajiv Gandhi was the last Indian prime minister to visit
Myanmar in 1987.
(Rahul Dass can be contacted at rahul.d@ians.in)
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