India and Myanmar sign IT agreement

New Delhi, Dec 12: India and Myanmar today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of the India-Myanmar Centre for Enhancement of Information Technology Skills (IMCEITS).

The agreement, were signed by the Deputy Minister of Myanmar, Kyaw Thu, and India's Foreign Secretary, Shivshankar Menon. The IT centre will be set up at Yangon under India's guidance and assistance. Kyaw Thu, along with his delegation, is here for foreign office consultations between India and Myanmar.

Earlier, Kyaw also called on Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee and discussed issues like friendship and cordiality between the two nations.

India shares a border of over 1600 kilometres with Myanmar and bilateral trade between both sides is worth nearly a billion dollars.

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