Tag: Indo-Africa

  • MoS Muraleedharan to wait Dakar Discussion board in Senegal subsequent week

    By means of ANI

    NEW DELHI: Minister of State (MoS) for Exterior Affairs V Muraleedharan will move on an authentic talk over with to the Republic of Senegal from October 24-25 to take part within the eighth version of the Dakar World Discussion board on Peace and Safety.

    All over the talk over with, MoS will cope with the eighth version of the Dakar World Discussion board on Peace and Safety. Being held every year since 2014, the Dakar Discussion board has grow to be a key tournament for decision-makers fascinated by Africa. That is the primary time that India is collaborating within the Discussion board at a Ministerial stage, in step with the remark launched via the Ministry of Exterior Affairs.

    The participation of MoS within the Dakar Discussion board underscores the significance that India attaches to the peace, safety and developmental problems relating to Africa. The talk over with could also be consistent with India’s coverage to accentuate and deepen its engagement with Africa.

    India and Senegal experience heat and pleasant family members, sharing not unusual values of democracy and secularism, with robust financial engagement and construction cooperation. Diplomatic family members between the 2 international locations had been established on the Ambassadorial stage in 1962, with a resident Indian Venture in Dakar.

    As consistent with DGCIS, Govt of India, statistics, Indian exports to Senegal in 2018-19 touched $ 639 mn and imports from Senegal USD 658 million.

    As to the bilateral business basket, primary pieces of export from India come with textiles, meals pieces, cars and prescribed drugs. Primary pieces of import from Senegal are phosphoric acid and uncooked cashew.

    India’s funding is basically in building, tourism, retail, buying and selling, phosphates, prescribed drugs and so forth. The most important funding from India in Senegal is within the Industries Chimique du Senegal (ICS). ICS is the flagship corporate in Senegal which is within the trade of producing phosphoric acid from the rock phosphate to be had in lots in Senegal. Indian firms viz. Tata Workforce (Tata Motors, Tata Unitech), Ashok Leyland, Kirloskar Bros, Ajanta Pharma, Solar Pharma, ShapoorjiPallonji, Kalpataru Energy Transmission, KEC Ltd., Promac, SenegIndia and so forth are found in Senegal.

    So as to building up consciousness about trade alternatives between India and Senegal and to tell concerning the alternatives to be had below our LoCs, this project has arranged 4 trade occasions in Senegal (two in Dakar, one in Kaolack and one in Kedougou) since January 2018. The embassy of India additionally submit a KVIC Stall within the twenty seventh version of the yearly business tournament Dakar World Industry Honest (FIDAK) from November 29, 2018, to December 16, 2018.

    Just lately, former Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu additionally made his talk over with to Senegal all the way through his three-nation talk over with. All over his talk over with to Senegal, Naidu signed 3 MoUs with the West African nation to additional deepen bilateral partnership in more than a few spaces. 

    NEW DELHI: Minister of State (MoS) for Exterior Affairs V Muraleedharan will move on an authentic talk over with to the Republic of Senegal from October 24-25 to take part within the eighth version of the Dakar World Discussion board on Peace and Safety.

    All over the talk over with, MoS will cope with the eighth version of the Dakar World Discussion board on Peace and Safety. Being held every year since 2014, the Dakar Discussion board has grow to be a key tournament for decision-makers fascinated by Africa. That is the primary time that India is collaborating within the Discussion board at a Ministerial stage, in step with the remark launched via the Ministry of Exterior Affairs.

    The participation of MoS within the Dakar Discussion board underscores the significance that India attaches to the peace, safety and developmental problems relating to Africa. The talk over with could also be consistent with India’s coverage to accentuate and deepen its engagement with Africa.

    India and Senegal experience heat and pleasant family members, sharing not unusual values of democracy and secularism, with robust financial engagement and construction cooperation. Diplomatic family members between the 2 international locations had been established on the Ambassadorial stage in 1962, with a resident Indian Venture in Dakar.

    As consistent with DGCIS, Govt of India, statistics, Indian exports to Senegal in 2018-19 touched $ 639 mn and imports from Senegal USD 658 million.

    As to the bilateral business basket, primary pieces of export from India come with textiles, meals pieces, cars and prescribed drugs. Primary pieces of import from Senegal are phosphoric acid and uncooked cashew.

    India’s funding is basically in building, tourism, retail, buying and selling, phosphates, prescribed drugs and so forth. The most important funding from India in Senegal is within the Industries Chimique du Senegal (ICS). ICS is the flagship corporate in Senegal which is within the trade of producing phosphoric acid from the rock phosphate to be had in lots in Senegal. Indian firms viz. Tata Workforce (Tata Motors, Tata Unitech), Ashok Leyland, Kirloskar Bros, Ajanta Pharma, Solar Pharma, ShapoorjiPallonji, Kalpataru Energy Transmission, KEC Ltd., Promac, SenegIndia and so forth are found in Senegal.

    So as to building up consciousness about trade alternatives between India and Senegal and to tell concerning the alternatives to be had below our LoCs, this project has arranged 4 trade occasions in Senegal (two in Dakar, one in Kaolack and one in Kedougou) since January 2018. The embassy of India additionally submit a KVIC Stall within the twenty seventh version of the yearly business tournament Dakar World Industry Honest (FIDAK) from November 29, 2018, to December 16, 2018.

    Just lately, former Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu additionally made his talk over with to Senegal all the way through his three-nation talk over with. All over his talk over with to Senegal, Naidu signed 3 MoUs with the West African nation to additional deepen bilateral partnership in more than a few spaces.