India's Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh (pictured) will embark on a six-day 'tour of Africa' tomorrow to attend the second Africa-India Forum Summit in Ethiopia and pay an official visit to Tanzania.
Dr. Singh said that the second Africa-India Forum Summit would be a landmark event that will for the first time bring together a large gathering of African leaders to meet with India on African soil.
The theme of the summit is "Enhancing Partnership: Shared Vision". The first India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhiin 2008 opened a new chapter in the history of India-Africa partnership and laid the framework for our revitalized engagement with the African continent," Dr. Singh said in a statement.
"The India-Africa partnership rests on three pillars of capacity building and skill transfer, trade and infrastructure development. It is designed to respond to the needs and priorities of Africa and for India to learn from Africa's rich experience. It is based on equality, mutual trust and a consultative and transparent approach. It is a living embodiment of South-South cooperation."
"Today, both Africa and India are on the move. Africa is emerging as a new growth pole of the world, while India is on a path of sustained and rapid economic development," he added.
He said that relations between India and Africa are marked by strong people-to-people interaction and a deep sense of solidarity and goodwill.
Dr. Singh highlighted that India and Tanzania have been neighbours across the Indian Ocean and have excellent political and economic relations.
"Our cooperation has expanded in recent years in diverse sectors. We wish to enhance the substance of this partnership in consonance with the developmental priorities of Tanzania. I look forward to my discussions with President Jakaya Kikwete to this end," the Prime Minister said.
Like India, Africa too feels the adverse impact of terrorism and piracy is a phenomenon that affects both Africa and India and the leaders will discuss "ways and means of reducing and eliminating it," Vivek Katju, Secretary (West) in the External Affairs Ministry , said ahead of the visit.
New Delhi has voiced its serious concerns over the threats posed by Somali pirates since about 11 per cent of seafarers engaged by international shipping companies are Indian nationals, some of whom have been taken hostage.
There have been over 200 attacks, including about 70 successful hijackings and ransoms believed to exceed 50 million dollars have been paid to the pirates for securing the release of hostages and ships.
India is one of Tanzania's main trading partners and has investments worth $1.3 billion (915 million euros) in the east African state.
source: http://www.wavuti.com
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