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Iranian Interior Minister meets Pranab
New
Delhi,
Nov
8:
Iranian
Interior
Minister
Mostafa
Pour
Mohammadi,
who
is
on
a
two-day
visit
to
India,
met
External
Affairs
Minister
Pranab
Mukherjee
on
Wednesday.
Mohammadi is in New Delhi to participate in the Second Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction that commenced on Wednesday.
Fifty-two
countries
from
the
Asia
and
Pacific
Region
are
participating
in
the
two-day
conference.
Thirty-three
country
delegations
are
led
by
their
respective
Ministers.
The
total
country
delegates
are
150.
In
addition,
over
100
experts
and
50
NGOs
are
also
participating
in
the
event.
The
outcome
of
the
conference
will
include
a
"Delhi
Declaration" on
Disaster
Risk
Reduction.
The
World
Conference
on
Disaster
Risk
Reduction
was
held
in
2005
at
Hyogo,
Kobe,
Japan
in
which
Hyogo
Framework
of
Action
2005-15
was
adopted
for
building
the
resilience
of
nations
and
communities
to
natural
disasters.
The
first
Asian
Ministerial
Conference
on
Disaster
Risk
Reduction
was
held
in
September
2005
in
Beijing
in
which
Action
for
Disaster
Risk
Reduction
in
Asia
was
adopted.
Meanwhile, Mukherjee also separately met Israeli Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit.
ANI
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