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President to visit UAE, Syria
PRESIDENT
New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) Seeking to boost India's
ties with the Gulf, India's President Pratibha Patil will
embark on her first visit to the region Sunday that will take
her to the United Arab Emirates and Syria.
During the nine-day tour, Patil will visit Abu Dhabi,
Dubai and Sharjah in the UAE and will later go to Damascus in
the first visit by an Indian President to Syria.
Flying to Abu Dhabi Sunday, the highlight of the
President's visit to the UAE will be launching of an Indian
Workers Resource Centre designed to provide a 24-hour helpline
and counselling services to workers from the country who are
in distress.
UAE has the largest expatriate Indian community--1.75
million whose contribution for the development of the country
was widely appreciated.
Both the UAE and Syria support the Indian position on
Kashmir issue and back New Delhi's quest for a permanent seat
in UN Security Council.
The 24-hour helpline is being started by the Ministry of
Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) to deal with problems faced by
Indian workers as five million NRIs live in the Gulf region.
The helpline would facilitate early succour to distressed
employees. The Ministry of External Affairs and the MOIA are
organising a meeting here of the Heads of Missions in the Gulf
region by the end of this month.
Patil, who is visiting the UAE at the invitation of its
President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will be meeting
the top leaders in that country. Apart from Abu Dhabi, she
would travel to Dubai and Sharjah.
Accompanied by a business delegation, the President
would be addressing the captains of business and industry in
the UAE.
The Gulf country has emerged as the top destination for
India's exports with 13.41 per cent share of country's total
export in 2009-10. It also ranks among the top five suppliers
of crude oil to India.
In the second leg of her tour, the President will visit
Syria from November 26 to 29 at the invitation of President
Bashar Al Assad.
During her talks with Syrian leaders, the President will
discuss regional and international issues including the
Middle East peace process.
Assad had paid a state visit to India in June 2008.
India's engagement with Syria in hydrocarbon sector has
been rewarding and state-owned OVL has investments in Al-Furat
Petroleum Company which has struck oil in one block. PTI SPG
MHM
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) Seeking to boost India's
ties with the Gulf, India's President Pratibha Patil will
embark on her first visit to the region Sunday that will take
her to the United Arab Emirates and Syria.
During the nine-day tour, Patil will visit Abu Dhabi,
Dubai and Sharjah in the UAE and will later go to Damascus in
the first visit by an Indian President to Syria.
Flying to Abu Dhabi Sunday, the highlight of the
President's visit to the UAE will be launching of an Indian
Workers Resource Centre designed to provide a 24-hour helpline
and counselling services to workers from the country who are
in distress.
UAE has the largest expatriate Indian community--1.75
million whose contribution for the development of the country
was widely appreciated.
Both the UAE and Syria support the Indian position on
Kashmir issue and back New Delhi's quest for a permanent seat
in UN Security Council.
The 24-hour helpline is being started by the Ministry of
Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) to deal with problems faced by
Indian workers as five million NRIs live in the Gulf region.
The helpline would facilitate early succour to distressed
employees. The Ministry of External Affairs and the MOIA are
organising a meeting here of the Heads of Missions in the Gulf
region by the end of this month.
Patil, who is visiting the UAE at the invitation of its
President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will be meeting
the top leaders in that country. Apart from Abu Dhabi, she
would travel to Dubai and Sharjah.
Accompanied by a business delegation, the President
would be addressing the captains of business and industry in
the UAE.
The Gulf country has emerged as the top destination for
India's exports with 13.41 per cent share of country's total
export in 2009-10. It also ranks among the top five suppliers
of crude oil to India.
In the second leg of her tour, the President will visit
Syria from November 26 to 29 at the invitation of President
Bashar Al Assad.
During her talks with Syrian leaders, the President will
discuss regional and international issues including the
Middle East peace process.
Assad had paid a state visit to India in June 2008.
India's engagement with Syria in hydrocarbon sector has
been rewarding and state-owned OVL has investments in Al-Furat
Petroleum Company which has struck oil in one block. PTI SPG
MHM
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