Gov, t, India to impart disaster management skills

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Gov, t, India to impart disaster management skills
Gov, t, India to impart disaster management skills

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. TheNational Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mayiik AyiiDeng together with Indian Minister of State for ParliamentaryAffairs Mr. V Muraleedharanon Friday agreedto impart Disaster Management skills training to SouthSudanese diplomats in the country.

Thetwo Ministers reviewed allaspects of the existing bilateral relations and discussed new avenues ofcooperation in the fields of agriculture, livestock, education, healthcare andInformation Technology.

Speakingto media, Minister Muraleedharan said that India expressedits willingness to continue its support to South Sudan in capacity buildingthrough various training programmesand humanitarian assistances.

TheIndian side also conveyed the impediments affectinggrowth of bilateral trade and Indian Investment in South Sudan. Consideringvulnerability of South Sudan to frequent natural disasters. India government invited SouthSudan to join the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), forits own benefit.

The Indian minister expressed the readiness of his government to share experiences in developing parliamentary rules, procedures and practices with South Sudan and offer various capacity building training courses for new members of parliament and officials of Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs as well as elections commission members.

Muraleedharanadded that India emphasized the potential growth ofbilateral trade and investment between the two countries. India also reiterated its supportfor the ongoing peace process envisaged in the Revitalized Agreement on theResolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) and expressed hope that allconstituents wouldcontribute for expeditious implementation of the R-ARCSS to pave the way for apeaceful, stable and prosperous South Sudan.

The visit of Mr. Muraleedharan provided animpetus to bilateralrelations by deepening engagement and expected to open new areas of cooperationbetween India and South Sudan.

OnThursday last week, Minister V. Muraleedharan, met withthe Minister of Parliamentary Affairs,Mary Nawal Martin toshare information about parliamentary systems of the countries.

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