(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
At the first Inter-Ministerial Coordination Group (IMCG) meeting
organized on Tuesday as part of efforts to promote relations
between India and its neighbouring countries, Ministries and
Departments have been requested to accord priority to India's
neighbours in their international activities, programmes and
projects, Trend reports citing zee5 .
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Tuesday convened the
first meeting of the IMCG, a high-level mechanism for mainstreaming
India's 'Neighbourhood First' policy, in line with the vision of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Among various issues that were considered by today's IMCG
meeting on India's neighbours were the construction of border
infrastructure that would facilitate greater trade with neighbours
like Nepal - special needs of countries such as Bhutan and Maldives
in terms of supply of essential commodities - opening rail
connectivity with Bangladesh - humanitarian assistance to
Afghanistan and Myanmar - fisheries issue with Sri Lanka.
Further, the first-ever training module on India's neighbourhood
was also organized by MEA at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National
Academy of Administration as part of the Foundation Course earlier
this year, read a press release by the Ministry of External
Affairs.
Secretaries of Ministries/Departments of Home, Commerce,
Finance, Fisheries, representatives from Ministries/Departments of
Defence, Railways, Economic Affairs, Consumer Affairs, Agriculture
& Farmers' Welfare, Information & Broadcasting and from Cabinet
Secretariat, National Security Council Secretariat as well as other
relevant agencies along with heads of Border Guarding Forces
participated in today's meeting.
The meeting deliberated upon and took important decisions on
various aspects of India's bilateral relationship with Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri
Lanka in the areas of trade and investment, connectivity, border
infrastructure, immigration, development cooperation, border
security, among others, read the MEA statement.
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