India keen to join hands with Uganda for development in all fields
Updated: Jul 29, 2014 01:07:24pm
New Delhi, Jul 30 (KNN) India is keen to join hands with Uganda for development in all fields, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said in his meeting with the Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa.
Kutesa conveyed a message of felicitation to the Prime Minister from Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on his electoral victory and an invitation to him to visit Uganda.
Modi thanked Kutesa for the message from Museveni. He accepted the latter’s invitation to visit Uganda with pleasure and also requested the Ugandan Foreign Minister to convey his invitation to President Museveni to the 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit to be held in India later this year, a PMO statement said.
Kutesa expressed Uganda's desire to build on excellent relations between the two countries, whether bilaterally or in multilateral platforms, by working with the new Government of India, the statement said.
He emphasised the potential for developmental cooperation between India and Uganda in the fields of investment, ICT, hydropower and capacity-building.
"The Prime Minister reaffirmed India's desire to join hands with Uganda for development partnership in all fields," the statement said.
Modi also congratulated Kutesa on his election as the President of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, and expressed confidence that issues of interest to the developing world would receive his special attention during his tenure as President of the UN General Assembly. (KNN/SD)
Kutesa conveyed a message of felicitation to the Prime Minister from Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on his electoral victory and an invitation to him to visit Uganda.
Modi thanked Kutesa for the message from Museveni. He accepted the latter’s invitation to visit Uganda with pleasure and also requested the Ugandan Foreign Minister to convey his invitation to President Museveni to the 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit to be held in India later this year, a PMO statement said.
Kutesa expressed Uganda's desire to build on excellent relations between the two countries, whether bilaterally or in multilateral platforms, by working with the new Government of India, the statement said.
He emphasised the potential for developmental cooperation between India and Uganda in the fields of investment, ICT, hydropower and capacity-building.
"The Prime Minister reaffirmed India's desire to join hands with Uganda for development partnership in all fields," the statement said.
Modi also congratulated Kutesa on his election as the President of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, and expressed confidence that issues of interest to the developing world would receive his special attention during his tenure as President of the UN General Assembly. (KNN/SD)
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