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01-20-2010, 12:30 PM
India's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shashi Tharoor is expected in the DR for a 3-day visit from 23 to 26 January. Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) stresses that the visit could be a significant moment in the widening of a huge market for Dominicans and for the region. The visit occurs on the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, expanding the agenda for the Indian minister who comes with plans for closer trade, tourism and energy ties with the DR.
Minister Tharoor is "one of the brightest younger stars in the Indian political firmament, and his name has been prominently mentioned as a candidate to be the next Secretary-General of the United Nations," said a CMEx director, Lelei LeLaulu, "and his unheralded four-day visit could expand trade and other exchanges between the Dominican Republic and India."
Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to India, Hans Dannenberg told CMEx: "Our geographic location near the USA and the fact that we are members of three economic trade blocs, Central America, the Caribbean and North America makes us a natural strategic point for new Indian businesses are looking at all three regions to expand."
Dannenberg, a former deputy minister of Tourism, also sees the DR can learn from India on increasing the potential for cultural tourism and eco-tourism.
In the essential sector of aviation, the visit could strengthen future air links.
"There are now flights from the Middle East to Latin America making travel to the region more accessible for those who don't have visas for transiting via Europe and the United States. We are trying to sign a Civil Aviation agreement and hope to see an Indian carrier flying directly to the Caribbean from India or via another country.
The Dominican Republic is strategically located in the Americas, and can serve as a hub or connecting point to other Latin American and North America," says Dannenberg.
Furthermore, he told CMEx that Indian investors are looking for new markets to develop and adapt to fuel the energy demands of over a billion people. Investing in his country could benefit India suggested the Dominican ambassador, as the Caribbean nation develops renewable energy generation technologies such as wind, ethanol and the highly innovative deep sea water for air agriculture and electricity: "We feel the technical expertise and managerial experience that we have accumulated have been and could well become a source of exchange between nations."
Minister Shashi Tharoor, is a former under-secretary-general of the United Nations for Communications and is a widely published author of eight novels and biographies, including his acclaimed, "Nehru. The Invention of India". Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, Tharoor also used Twitter and social marketing in the last election and recorded one of the largest pluralities of any Member of Parliament.
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Minister Tharoor is "one of the brightest younger stars in the Indian political firmament, and his name has been prominently mentioned as a candidate to be the next Secretary-General of the United Nations," said a CMEx director, Lelei LeLaulu, "and his unheralded four-day visit could expand trade and other exchanges between the Dominican Republic and India."
Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to India, Hans Dannenberg told CMEx: "Our geographic location near the USA and the fact that we are members of three economic trade blocs, Central America, the Caribbean and North America makes us a natural strategic point for new Indian businesses are looking at all three regions to expand."
Dannenberg, a former deputy minister of Tourism, also sees the DR can learn from India on increasing the potential for cultural tourism and eco-tourism.
In the essential sector of aviation, the visit could strengthen future air links.
"There are now flights from the Middle East to Latin America making travel to the region more accessible for those who don't have visas for transiting via Europe and the United States. We are trying to sign a Civil Aviation agreement and hope to see an Indian carrier flying directly to the Caribbean from India or via another country.
The Dominican Republic is strategically located in the Americas, and can serve as a hub or connecting point to other Latin American and North America," says Dannenberg.
Furthermore, he told CMEx that Indian investors are looking for new markets to develop and adapt to fuel the energy demands of over a billion people. Investing in his country could benefit India suggested the Dominican ambassador, as the Caribbean nation develops renewable energy generation technologies such as wind, ethanol and the highly innovative deep sea water for air agriculture and electricity: "We feel the technical expertise and managerial experience that we have accumulated have been and could well become a source of exchange between nations."
Minister Shashi Tharoor, is a former under-secretary-general of the United Nations for Communications and is a widely published author of eight novels and biographies, including his acclaimed, "Nehru. The Invention of India". Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, Tharoor also used Twitter and social marketing in the last election and recorded one of the largest pluralities of any Member of Parliament.
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