Visits

04/07/06- Visit of Mr. Shashi Tharoor Print

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Statements, Speeches, Interviews

Address by Foreign Secretary Mr. Shyam Saran at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Washington, DC
I am very pleased to speak before such a distinguished audience on a subject that I believe is both topical and of great significance. At the outset, let me thank the Carnegie Endowment for providing me the forum to share my thoughts, Dr. Jessica Mathews for introducing me and Dr. Ashley Tellis for his role as moderator. There are occasions when the title for a talk is designed to catch attention, sometimes by a degree of exaggeration. This is not one of them. Indo-US relations are transforming, I would argue, dramatically so. This transformation will result in a strategic partnership between the two countries and evidence of its emergence is already apparent. Today, I would like to discuss our perspectives of that process – what is driving it, how do we further it and what does it portend for global politics?
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Press Releases

The Indian organization "Adventures & Explorers", New Delhi, with the support of the Embassy of India in Moscow and Administration of Tver Region, is conducting an automobile expedition from 12th November 2006 to 16th January 2007. Afanasy Nikitin, well-known trader and traveler from Tver, was one of the first Russians to travel to India in the 15th century and, in fact, opened the country for Russia.
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08-14/08/2006- Issue No. 173; Weekly Economic Bulletin

Money chases foreign M&As
Indian firms need no longer worry about being armed with sufficient money to fund overseas acquisitions. Whether through the syndicated loans market or from private equity, they have far easier access to funds today.
And this is one reason why foreign buyouts are gathering pace. In the first six months of 2006, there have been 85 outbound deals valued at $4 billion. Compare this with 2005, when there were 136 acquisitions valued at $4.3 billion.
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09/08/2006-Germany's SAP Allots

Germany's SAP Allots $1 Billion For India Growth
03/08/2006 The Wall Street Journal Nina Mehta and Santanu Choudhury
NEW DELHI -- German business-software giant SAP AG will invest $1 billion in India during the next five years to expand its operations there, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Henning Kagermann said.
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India in the International Arena

09/08/2006- Joint Statement of the Ninth BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting

The Ninth BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting was held in New Delhi, India on 9 August, 2006.
The meeting was attended by H.E. Mr. M. Morshed Khan, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, H.E. Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bhutan, H.E. Mr. E. Ahamed, Minister of State for External Affairs of the Republic of India, H.E. Mr. U. Nyan Win, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, H.E. Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat, Finance Minister of Nepal, H.E. Mr. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and H.E. Dr. Kantathi Suphamongkhon, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand.
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