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Jaishnakar calls on Hasina in Dhaka

Jaishanakar is to stay in Dhaka till May 12 to participate in the 6th edition of the Indian Ocean Conference….reports Asian Lite News

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar called on Bangladeshi Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Thursday. Jaishankar is on a two-day visit to Bangladesh till May 12. After that, he will visit Belgium and Sweden.

“Honoured to call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh. Conveyed personal greetings and warm regards of PM @narendramodi . The guidance and vision of our leaders continues to strengthen India-Bangladesh Maitri,” Jaishankar tweeted. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reached on Thursday afternoon. EAM was welcomed by the Foreign Minister Affairs Minister of Bangladesh Md. Shahriar Alam. Jaishankar is on a three-nation tour during which he will visit Bangladesh, Sweden and Belgium.

“Reached Dhaka. Thank Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh @MdShahriarAlam for the warm welcome. Look forward to meeting colleagues and friends from across the world at the Indian Ocean Conference,” Jaishankar tweeted upon reaching Bangladesh.

Jaishanakar is to stay in Dhaka till May 12 to participate in the 6th edition of the Indian Ocean Conference. The Indian Ocean Conference will be attended by the President of Mauritius Prithvirajsing Roopun, Vice President of Maldives Faisal Naseem, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and several ministers from across the world.

From Bangladesh, Jaishankar will travel to Sweden. This will be his first visit as EAM to the Nordic country and comes at a time when India and Sweden are celebrating 75 years of establishing diplomatic relations. Sweden currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

According to a Ministry of External Affairs release, Jaishankar will participate in the second EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum (EIPMF) in Sweden.

He will hold bilateral meetings with foreign ministers of several countries on the margins of EIPMF.

During his stay, he will call on leadership in Sweden and meet with key ministers.

He will also participate in the inaugural session of the India Trilateral Forum (India, Europe and the US) with his Swedish counterpart.

In the last leg of the visit, EAM will visit Brussels for bilateral engagements with Belgian and EU officials. He will also attend the first Ministerial Meeting of the India-EU Trade and Technology Council along with Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and Minister of Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw.

The TTC Ministerial Meeting is scheduled to be held on May 16. (ANI)

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India completes reconstruction of 50,000 houses in Nepal

“I salute the resilience of the people of Nepal in rebuilding their lives and communities from the debris of destruction,” he added…reports Asian Lite News.

India has completed the construction of 50,000 owner-driven houses in Gorkha and Nuwakot districts under New Delhi’s grant assistance, said External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar.

Addressing the International Conference on Nepal’s Reconstruction virtually on Wednesday, Jaishankar said: “We have completed the construction of 50,000 owner-driven houses in Gorkha and Nuwakot districts under Indian assistance in Nepal.”

“This was possible through the joint efforts by all stakeholders including the National Reconstruction Authority of Nepal, local governments, house owners and UNDP and UNOPS that provided socio-technical facilitation for the initiative,” the External Affairs Minister stated.

“The projects in the remaining sectors of health, education and culture are also under progress,” he added.

“Government of India is funding reconstruction of 70 schools and a library, 132 health facilities and 28 cultural heritage sector projects in various earthquake affected areas of Nepal under a US$150 million grant with an estimated cost of US$112 million,” he further said.

“Apart from this 43 reconstruction projects estimated at US$266 million are being undertaken as part of the fourth line of credit of US$750 million to Nepal,” the Minister stated further.

“I salute the resilience of the people of Nepal in rebuilding their lives and communities from the debris of destruction,” he added.

“The formidable and tireless efforts of Nepal in this direction really need our collective appreciation and support with such dedicated efforts Nepal reconstruction is nearing successful completion,” Jaishankar observed.

“After the calamitous, high magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25 and May 12, 2015, a daunting task of the nation’s relief, recovery and reconstruction lay ahead for Nepal and its people,” he said.

“As a close neighbor India launched a swift, spontaneous and substantive relief operation within six hours of the earthquake to support Nepal’s own national efforts,” Jaishankar noted.

“In those early hours as desperate efforts converged on finding survivors, extending relief, reuniting family members, attending to the injured and salvaging infrastructure, even as aftershocks continued to rock Nepal,” he recalled.

“India put into motion ‘Operation Maitri’ for humanitarian assistance and relief under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. To this date it remains our largest ever disaster relief operation abroad,” the EAM informed.

Noting that in 2015, India had pledged $1 billion as government of India’s support for earthquake reconstruction, he added one fourth of it was committed as grants assistance to be utilized for health, cultural heritage, housing and education sectors.

“Over the last five years India has substantially fulfilled its commitments under the various priority sectors identified by the government of Nepal,” Jaishankar claimed.

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