THE MINISTER of STATE of the MINISTRY of HEALTH and FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI SALEEM IQBAL SHERVANI) : (A) to (E). the World Health O
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1 6 5 Written Answers ASADHA 31, 1918 (Saka) Written Answers 1 6 6 THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF Rao. An agreem ent on Cooperation in the field of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI SALEEM IQBAL Science and Technology was signed SHERVANI) : (a) to (e). The World Health Organisation 3. At the invitation of Prime Minister Rao. Senior had agreed to provide Technical assistance estimated Minister and former PM of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew as US $ 1.5 million for the AIDS Prevention and Control visited India in January 1996. programme currently urjder implementation throughout the country, over a period of five year (1992-97). The 4 Singapore has emerged as the 4th largest World Health Organisation, under this assistance, investor in India in 1995 according to FDI approvals. provides National and international consultancy, (Source : (SIA) equipment and material for implementation of the 5 Projects in the pipeline involving Singapore programme. comapnies include the Bangalore information (f) The occurrence of Toxoplasma in Mumbai is more Technology Park. Bangalore International Airport project frequent than in any other part of the country The data etc relating to other countries the world over is not available 6 Singapore Government had taken the initiative in for comparison. holding the first-ever Global Indian Entrepreneurs (g) The toxoplasma is one of the opportunistic Conference (GIEC) from June 19-21. 1996 bringing infections of HIV/AIDS For the prevention and toyetf»*'r Indian and Indian origin business people from Control AIDS, a comprehensive programme is currently a e ro globe Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram, being implemented throughout the country including visiteJ Singapore from June 19-20 and delivered the Mumbai. keynote address at the GIEC. During the visit, he also meet the Singapore Prime Minister. Deputy Prime Minister. Finance Minister and Information Minister. Relations with South-East Asian Countries 7. An Exhibition titled “Alamkara - 5000 years of 1375. SHRI MRUTYUNJAYA NAYAK W ill the India" was jointly inaugurated by the HRD Minister Shri Arjun Singh and BG George Yeo, the Singapore Cultural Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state Minister in July 1994 An executive programme tor the (a) whether the Government have made any efforts years 1996-98 for cooperation in the field of Arts, Culture to strengthen further the relations with South-East Asian & Archives is under consideration. countries during the last two years; and M alaysia (b) if so, the details thereof, countries-wise9 THE MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI I K. 1. The then Prime Minister Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao GUJRAL) . (a) Yes. Sir visited Kuala Lumpur in August 1995. This visit gave a fresh impetus to bilateral economic relations. A 25- (b) Details country-wise are attached in the given member business delegation accompanied the Prime statement Minister Several MoUs and Agreements were signed k and new areas of bilateral cooperation identified. STATEMENT 2 Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia has been recently awarded the Jawahar Lai Nehru Regional Award for International Understanding for the year 1994. At the regional level, India is currently a Full 3. Minister of International Trade and Industry Dato Dialogue Partner of the Association of Southeast Asian Sen Rafidah Aziz visited India in April 1995 for bilateral Nations (ASEAN), and has been invited to participate consultations and to identify new areas of cooperation. in the deliberations of the ASEAN Regional Forum which 4. Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs was created to discuss peace and security related visited Kuala Lumpur in May 1996 for bilateral issues in the region. EAM is currently in Jakarta to consultations during which he called on Foreign Ministe attend the meetinqs connected with the ASEAN and Badawi. ARF 5. Commerce Secretary visited Malaysia during Singapore March 1996. Apart from meeting Malaysia’s business community, he delivered the keynote address in a 1. The then PM Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao visited seminar jointly organised by FICCI and its Malaysian Singapore in Setptember 1994. During the visit, 12 counterpart. corporate agreements and an MoU on Foreign Office Consultations were signed. A business delegation also Thailand visited Singapore during his visit 1. H E. Banharn Silpa-archa, prime Minister of ^ 2. PM Goh Chok Tong of Singapore visited Calcutta Thailand will pay an official visit in Septemebr this year. m January 1995 to attend the centenary celebrations of Confederation of Indian Industries (CCI). During his 2. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand visit, he also had useful bilateral .meetings with PM is likely to visit Union Territory of A&N in December 1996. 167 Written Answers JULY 22, 1996 Written Answers 168 3. A Joint Commission exists between the two planned in the context of Brunei India Tourism Promotion countries and the last meeting was held in Bangkok in festivals. January 1996 when then EAM visited Thailand. Philippines 4. Bilateral negotiations are scheduled to be held from July 31 to August 2, 1996 for the conclusion of 1. There is a pending invitation to President Ramos Bilfeteral Investment Promotion and Protection from PM to visit India. Dates are being worked out. Agreement (BIPA). 2. A Buyer-Seller Meet was organised in Manila in 5. The first round of negtiations to conclude an April 1996 which was attended by over 60 extradition treaty was held in Bangkok in November representatives of companies and business 1995. The second round is likely to take place in establishments. September this year. 3. A Joint Business Council exists between the two 6. India has taken part in the ongoing celebrations countries, last meeting held in Manila in October 1995, and has targeted increasing bilateral trade to US$ 500 in Thailand for the Golden Jubilee of -the accession of million by 1998. the Throne of His Majesty the King of Thailand in the form of a Festival of India which will culminate in early 4. Technical Cooperation : Under Colombo Plan, 1997 with the holding of an exhibition of Holy Relics of 43 slots have been allotted to the Philippines tor the Lord Buddha. financial year 1996-97. This is the highest number of allotment so far given to the Philippines. During 1995- 7. India and Thailand have an Moll on Cooperation 96, 52 nominations were received against 40 slots between ICCR and International Studies Centre of allotted to the Philippines. Thailand (ISCT) Under this MoU, an Indo-Thai colloquium was held in March 1996 in New Delhi. 5. Two Indian Naval Ships-Khanjar and Saryu made a goodwill visit to Manila during August 1995 8. Bilateral Cooperation in science and technology is in the form of a collaboration programme between 6. A Group from National Defence College led by CSIR and Thailand Institute of Scientific & Technological Major General SC Mehra and consisting of 14 other Research (TISTR). Electronics Design Laboratory (EDL) cadet officers from India and other countries visited was set up at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok with Philippines from June 19 to 24, 1995. GO! assistance. 7. A Memorandum of Understanding on enhanced 9. The Second Deputy Speaker of the House of cooperation in the field of renewable energy between Representatives of Thailand, led an eight-member India and the Philippines was signed on February 26 delegation of MPs to India from January 31-February by the Ambassador and the Philippines Energy Secretary 7,1996. The delegation had a useful meeting with the (Minister). Election Commission of India. 8 Shri Pranab Mukherjee, then External Affairs Minister met Philippine Secretary for Foreign Affairs Brunei Domingo L. Siazon Jr. at UNGA Session in New York in 1. India and Brunei have established air links with October, 1995. the inaugural flight of Royal Brunei Airlines linking 9. A contract for the sale of 75,000 mts of rice by Bander Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei with Calcutta Mineral and Metal Trading Corporation, (MMTC), of the in November 1995 Government of India and the National Food authority of 2. The two countries have a Joint Committee at the Philippines has been finalised Earlier STC had senior officials level which has met twice in the last two supplied 25,000 mts of rice to the Philippines in years to undertake a comprehensive review of bilateral September, 1995 relations. The first meeting took place during the visit of Vietnam the Bruneian Permanent Secretary in their Foreign Ministry in February 1995. The second meeting took 1 Then Prime Minister Shri PV Narsimha Rao place during the visit of Secretary (East), Ministry of visited Vietnam in Septemebr, 1994. During his visit, External Affairs in May 1996. four agreements in this field of (i) Avoidance of Double 3. Brunei has allowed India to set-up a mobile Taxation (ii) Foreign Office Consultations (iii) Consular Telemetry, Tracking and Telecommand Station to monitor and (iv) Defence, were signed. New areas for bilateral the performance of GSLV. cooperation were identified. 2 As decided during P M s visit to Vietnam, a Joint 4. A visit by the Director, Brunei Investment Agency Working Group (JWG) was established under the aegis (BIA) is being planned to facilitate Brunei’s investments of the Joint Commission (JC) It met in January 1995 in in India. New Delhi and December 1995 in Hanoi. The meetings 5. Smt. Sukhbans Kaur, then Minister of State for reviewed progress of cooperation in various fields and Tourism visited Brunei in October 1995. The visit was identified new areas. 169 Written Answers ASADHA 31, 1918 (Saka) Written Answers 1 7 0 3. A photographic exhibition by Binoy Behl was 5. Two Indian Naval ships INS SARYU and INS organised in Hanoi for a period of one month in March/ KHANJAR took part in the international fleet review April 1995.