Bill's gift to Balayogi

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22. The U.S. President, Mr. Bill Clinton, has presented a golden-framed copy of the Charter of Declaration of Independence of the U.S.A. on July 4, 1776 to the Lok Sabha Speaker, Mr. G.M.C. Balayogi.

A press release by the Lok Sabha Secretariat said that Mr. Clinton has presented the copy to the people of India to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Indian Republic. Later in the day, a nine-member German Parliamentary delegation, led by Dr. Gregor Gysi, MP, Head of the PDS Parliamentary Groups and Chairman of the Party of Democratic Socialism, called on the Lok Sabha.

Welcoming the delegation, Mr. Balayogi said India and Germany are traditionally close and parliamentary and other bilateral relations between the two countries could be strengthened by frequent exchange of visits.

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