Vice-President Hamid M Ansari will visit Cambodia and lao from September 15-18 as part of ‘Act East’ Policy. Nine Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) will be signed during the visit for ‘Quick Impact’ projects in agriculture, spice and grape cultivation etc with the two countries - four with Cambodia and five with laos.
In Cambodia, besides meeting the political leaders, Ansari will visit the National Assembly for the Senate, Mahatma Gandhi statue, Mekond-Ganga textile museum, the Angkor Wat and the Ta-Prohm temple. He will also give an address on India-Cambodia relations at the Office of the Council of Ministers. In Cambodia, MoU on Tourism Cooperation and agreement on Mekong-Ganga Cooperation too will be signed.
Ansari’s visit to lao will be the first-ever visit at the level of Vice-President. India and lao enjoy warm ties and India has been deeply involved in economic cooperation in infrastructure building, capacity building in human resources, IT and education. Apart from this, Indian Army is involved in training of laotian troops in de-mining activities, bomb disposal operations and training in English language and IT.
The Vice-President will be accompanied by a 30-member delegation which includes Minister of State for Water Resources Sanwar lal Jat and four Members of Parliament.