Krishna leaves for Myanmar
June 20th, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, June 20 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Monday left for Myanmar on a three-day visit, which will be India’s first high-level engagement with the new civilian government.
Krishna, accompanied by Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, is visiting the neighbouring Myanmar at the invitation of his counterpart U. Wunna Maung Lwin.
“The visit will give us an opportunity to further vitalise our multi-faceted relationship in the new political environment. We will have an exchange of views on enhancing security cooperation as well as our collaboration in the fields of connectivity, IT, energy, agriculture, power, telecommunications and infrastructure,” Krishna said in a statement before leaving for the visit.
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