{"id":429816,"date":"2011-05-25T05:41:27","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T05:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/25\/indian-pm-arrives-in-ethiopia-seeking-to-build-strategic-ties-with-africa\/"},"modified":"2011-05-25T05:41:27","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T05:41:27","slug":"indian-pm-arrives-in-ethiopia-seeking-to-build-strategic-ties-with-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/25\/indian-pm-arrives-in-ethiopia-seeking-to-build-strategic-ties-with-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian PM Arrives in Ethiopia Seeking to Build Strategic Ties With Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"59.5462575546\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sudantribune.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/sudantribune180.png\" alt=\"Sudan Tribune (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Sudan Tribune (Paris)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tesfa-Alem Tekle<\/p>\n<p>23 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Addis Ababa \u2014 Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Monday to attend the second India-Africa Forum, which aimed to push a strong and strategic partnership between India and African countries.<\/p>\n<p>Singh will co-chair the two-day summit on Tuesday, to be attended by 15 African countries chosen by the African Union (AU). Sudan Tribune has learned that boosting Africa-India trade and investment, joint cooperation to combat threats of piracy and terrorism will be high on the agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian premier is expected to call for reform of the UN. Ahead of the India-Africa Forum, India has been seeking African support to secure a permanent seat on the UN Security Council has backed Africa&#8217;s demands for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n<p>The summit is expected to enhance South-South cooperation as Singh. In a statement said &#8220;the India-Africa partnership rests on three pillars of capacity building and skill transfer, trade and infrastructure development&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;India-Africa Forum is designed to respond to the needs and priorities of Africa and for India to learn from Africa&#8217;s rich experience. It is based on equality, mutual trust and a consultative and transparent approach. It is a living embodiment of South-South cooperation,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Africa is emerging as a new growth pole of the world, while India is on a path of sustained and rapid economic development.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s bilateral trade with Africa is estimated to be around $50 billion. India has set a target to boost this to $70 billion by 2012. This will still lag far behind China&#8217;s bilateral trade with Africa, which is currently around $110 billion.<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s investment in Ethiopia increased by 22 percent in 2010 has recently gone past $5 billion. The summit, being held in Africa for the first time will be an important opportunity for Ethiopia (one of continent&#8217;s fastest growing economies) to use the large presence of delegates to attract trade and investment.<\/p>\n<p>Manmohan Singh is also expected to meet Ethiopian Prime minister Meles Zenawi and address parliament before heading to Tanzania on Thursday on a six-day visit to Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The summit will bring together leaders from Egypt, Kenya, Algeria, Chad, Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Malawi, Senegal, Namibia, Mauritania, Swaziland, Nigeria, and South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Jean Ping, the chairperson of the African Union Commission, will also take part in the summit.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105250115.html\" title=\"Indian PM Arrives in Ethiopia Seeking to Build Strategic Ties With Africa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indian PM Arrives in Ethiopia Seeking to Build Strategic Ties With Africa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Tesfa-Alem Tekle 23 May 2011 Addis Ababa \u2014 Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Monday to attend the second India-Africa Forum, which aimed to push a strong and strategic partnership between India and African countries. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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