Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Manmohan Singh accepts Harpers invitation to visit Canada
Prime Minister Stephen Harper invited India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, to visit Canada, an invitation Singh accepted at their one-on-one meeting on Nov. 24, in Kampala, Uganda. Harper praised India's frontline role in the development and reconstruction of Afghanistan but reiterated Canada's position that New Delhi should put more pressure on the Burmese junta to abide by human rights. "Both leaders expressed pleasure at the opportunity to meet and Prime Minister Harper extended an invitation to the Indian Prime Minister to visit Canada, which the latter said he would be delighted to accept given his personal links to Canada, including a university scholarship in his name," a read-out from the Prime Minister's office said.
The meeting took place in Kampala, Uganda on the edges of the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meeting where Indian High Commissioner Kamlesh Sharma (formerly India's Permanent Representative to the UN in New York) was confirmed as Commonwealth Secretary General.
"Reflecting the diverse nature of Canada India relations, Prime Minister Harper and Prime Minister Singh had a warm discussion of a broad range of issues," the Harper communications office said in a release after the meeting.
According to news reports, the two also talked about Pakistan. But the Harper-Singh read-out on the Kampala meeting makes no mention of that.
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Article taken from the issue: 7 Dec, 2007
Labels: Canada, india, Manmohan Singh, New Delhi, Prime Minister, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Stephen Harper
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