Express news service : New Delhi, Mon Sep 03 2012
Ahead of the India-ASEAN commemorative summit in December, New Delhi
will host the sixth ministerial meeting of the six-nation Mekong-Ganga
cooperation initiative on Tuesday, with the objective of strengthening
connectivity, and promoting cultural and tourism exchanges. This will
be the first meeting after a four-year hiatus, and for the first time
New Delhi will be hosting the meeting.
The meeting will witness participation of five Mekong region
countries — Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand. External
Affairs Minister S M Krishna will chair the meeting, which will focus
on speeding up connectivity and exploring ways to boost economic,
cultural and tourism exchanges.
On Monday, senior officials of the participating countries will meet to firm up the agenda.
The Mekong-Ganga meet comes ahead of the ASEAN-India
commemorative summit here in December to mark the 20th anniversary of
the ASEAN-India partnership and the 10th anniversary of ASEAN-India
Summit-level partnership.
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister H O R Namhong, Lao Deputy
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, Myanmarese Deputy Minister of
Foreign Affairs U Maung Myint, Thailand Vice-Minister for Foreign
Affairs Jullapong Nonscrichai and Vietnam Foreign Minister Pham Quang
Vinh will participate in the meeting.
The grouping was formed in 2000 to leverage cultural and
civilisational affinities among riparian states of the Ganga and Mekong
rivers.
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