Kyrgyzstan Foreign Minister to visit India from Feb 4-6

{image-FM kzstan_02022008.jpg news.oneindia.in}New Delhi, Feb 2: India and the Central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan will hold discussions here on Monday for strengthening economic and trade ties and forging closer cooperation against terrorism. Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Minister, Ednan Karabaev, who arrives here on Monday early morning on a three-day visit, will hold talks with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on various bilateral matters and regional and global issues. The two Ministers will also be joined by their respective delegations.

The two countries will sign several agreements. Mr Karabaev will meet Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Arjun Singh in the evening.
He will also give a lecture on 'Kyrgyzstan in Central Asian Dynamics' at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA). On Feb 4, the Minister will attend a luncheon meeting with representatives of Indian industry to invite Indian investment in the former Soviet Republic. He will also have separate meetings with Tourism Minister Ambika Soni and Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath.

UNI