Financial relations secretary in MEA to go to Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya

Dammu Ravi, secretary, financial relations within the MEA, will go to Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya from April 7-12, as a “reaffirmation of India’s dedication” to additional strengthen its ties of friendship with the three African nations. The Ministry of Exterior Affairs, in an announcement on Saturday, stated the go to seeks to “preserve the momentum of high-level contacts” between India and nations in Africa, put up the entry of the African Union (AU) as a everlasting member of the G20 in the course of the Indian Presidency of the grouping.

In Rwanda, he’ll characterize the federal government of India, in an occasion marking “the thirtieth commemoration of the 1994 Rwanda Genocide (Kwibuka 30)” on Sunday, the MEA stated.

Through the go to, he’s additionally anticipated to carry conferences with ministers and senior officers of the federal government of Rwanda, the exterior affairs ministry stated in an announcement.

The secretary (ER) will thereafter go away for Uganda on April 8 and will likely be there until April 9. He’ll lead a 35-member multi-sectoral enterprise delegation that “goals to extend commerce and industrial ties between the 2 nations”, it stated.

“He may even meet with ministers and officers of the Ugandan authorities, moreover chairing a enterprise session comprising captains of Indian and Ugandan business. He’s additionally anticipated to work together with the Indian group in Uganda,” the assertion added.

The secretary (ER) will then journey to Kenya heading a “massive delegation” comprising officers from the Ministry of Agriculture, Indian agricultural corporations and enterprise chambers from April 10-12, the MEA stated. This go to will likely be in fulfilment of the choice taken within the assembly between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of Kenya, throughout his go to to India in December 2023, it stated. The delegation will inter alia, discover the opportunity of agricultural farming in Kenya, the assertion stated.

Ravi will likely be chairing a enterprise session comprising representatives of Indian and Kenyan corporations, moreover having conferences with ministers and officers of the federal government of Kenya.

He will likely be assembly with members of the Indian group in Kenya, it added.

Ravi will likely be accompanied by further secretary (E&SA) Puneet R Kundal, in the course of the go to, the assertion stated.

“The go to by secretary (ER) is a reaffirmation of India’s dedication to additional strengthen its ties of friendship with Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya and to take care of the momentum of high-level contacts between India and nations in Africa, put up the entry of the African Union (AU) as a everlasting member of the G-20 in the course of the Indian Presidency,” the MEA stated.