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International meet on East-East cooperation in Odisha from March 16
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SME Times News Bureau | 13 Mar, 2018
An international conference to
deliberate on East-East cooperation in commerce, connectivity and
culture will be held in the Odisha capital from March 16-18, in which
delegates from 16 countries apart from those from the eastern and
northeastern states will participate.
The conference themed
'Purbasa: East meets East' will be attended by diplomats and other
delegates, including defence personnel from the Indo-Pacific region,
said Lalit Mansingh, Chairman of the Kalinga International Foundation,
which will organise the event.
"As many as 16 countries will be
represented by high-level delegations. While 10 members from Asean will
participate, four are India's neighbouring countries, apart from Japan
and Australia," said Mansingh.
"We would like to revive the
glorious tradition of Kalinga (ancient name of Odisha) through greater
connectivity and closer relationship with the countries," he added.
Sri
Lankan Minister Gamini Jayawicrama Perera, and Bangladesh Minister for
Civil Aviation and Tourism A.K.M. Shahjahan Kamal would be among the
attendees.
The Kalinga Saraswati Samman will be conferred on V. Suryanarayan for his book on Indonesia and Sudip Sen for his book on Bali.
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