New Delhi, Sep 3 (ANI): The sixth Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) group meet will begin in New Delhi today.
Senior Officials from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand and India will meet today to be followed by the meeting of , Foreign Ministers of these countries tomorrow.
External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and his counterparts from the MGC member countries will review cooperation among these countries and set out the future direction of this important mechanism for enhanced cooperation in the region.
The MGC was launched on November 10, 2000 in Vientiane, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic setting out a vision for cooperation amongst India and the five Mekong region countries – Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand.
Five MGC ministerial meetings have been held so far, in Vientiane, Lao PDR on November 10, 2000; in Hanoi, Vietnam on July 28, 2001; Phnom Penh, Cambodia June 20, 2003; in Cebu, Philippines on January 12, 2007 and in Manila, Philippines on August 1, 2007.
The four priority areas identified for cooperation so far have included tourism, culture, education/human resource development and transportation and communication.
This would be the first time that the MGC meeting would be hosted by India in New Delhi. Earlier, India had chaired the fifth MGC Ministerial Meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN-India Meetings. (ANI)
Senior Officials from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand and India will meet today to be followed by the meeting of , Foreign Ministers of these countries tomorrow.
External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and his counterparts from the MGC member countries will review cooperation among these countries and set out the future direction of this important mechanism for enhanced cooperation in the region.
The MGC was launched on November 10, 2000 in Vientiane, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic setting out a vision for cooperation amongst India and the five Mekong region countries – Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand.
Five MGC ministerial meetings have been held so far, in Vientiane, Lao PDR on November 10, 2000; in Hanoi, Vietnam on July 28, 2001; Phnom Penh, Cambodia June 20, 2003; in Cebu, Philippines on January 12, 2007 and in Manila, Philippines on August 1, 2007.
The four priority areas identified for cooperation so far have included tourism, culture, education/human resource development and transportation and communication.
This would be the first time that the MGC meeting would be hosted by India in New Delhi. Earlier, India had chaired the fifth MGC Ministerial Meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN-India Meetings. (ANI)
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