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India, Cambodia to diversify ties

NEW DELHI MARCH 15. India and Cambodia today agreed to explore new avenues to diversify further bilateral cooperation in areas including agriculture, irrigation, water resources and sustainable forest management.

This figured during talks the visiting Cambodian Foreign Minister, Hor Namhong, had with Indian leaders on a wide range of bilateral issues.

The Cambodian leader held extensive parleys with the External Affairs Minister, Jaswant Singh, on regional, international and issues of mutual concern. He has also met the Finance Minister, Yashwant Sinha, and the Civil Aviation Minister, Shahnawaz Hussein.

The Cambodian Minister, who is on a three-day official visit, yesterday handed over the Cambodian premier, Hun Sen's invitation to the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, to visit his country for the ASEAN-India Summit in November this year. He briefed Mr. Vajpayee on the agenda for the summit.

Cambodia is the latest member of the ASEAN and a strong proponent of enhanced interaction between India and the grouping. It had supported the proposal for ASEAN-India summit which was accepted at the ASEAN's Brunei summit in November last. Besides the ASEAN-India summit, Cambodia will also host the ASEAN summit and the ASEAN Plus 3 summit the same month.

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