PM lands in Addis Ababa
May 23rd, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Addis Ababa, May 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here Monday for the India-Africa Forum summit, the first leg of a six-day trip that will also take him to Tanzania for a bilateral visit.
The prime minister was received by Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and accorded a traditional welcome at the Bole International Airport.
There were colourful ceremonies and dances as Manmohan Singh landed at Addis Ababa, the seat of the African Union (AU).
Manmohan Singh will co-chair the two-day India-Africa Forum summit starting Tuesday along with Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, chairman of the African Union and president of Equatorial Guinea.
Leaders from 15 African countries, chosen by the AU under a participatory formula worked out between India and the AU in 2006, will represent Africa at the summit.
The African countries participating in the summit are Algeria, Burundi, Chad, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Namibia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Swaziland.
Jean Ping, the chairperson of the African Union Commission, will also take part in the summit.
India hosted the first forum summit in April 2008.
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