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| Wednesday, 1 September 2004 |
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People of South Asia bound by shared destiny -Indian PM New Delhi, Tuesday (PTI) Observing that the people of South Asia are bound by shared destiny, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the future belonged to "shared management of our inevitable interdependence" and offered support to "any forward looking initiative" for greater regional cooperation. "South Asia needs a new vision for the future backed by credible strategies that have the backing of the common people and can reverse the adverse tide of strife and suspicion," he said reaffirming India's commitment to multi-sectoral and multi-faceted regional cooperation. The Prime Minister was speaking to delegation of senior South Asian policy analysts from seven institutions in the region here, an official release said. Singh asked scholars in the region to come forward with ideas that will help the region develop together, conquering the scourge of poverty and disease. "A new climate of opinion has to be created that cooperation has immense possibilities. The leadership in the region has an obligatgion to create a congenial atmosphere for cooperation in our common struggle for development," he said. The delegation was led by Arjun Sengupta, former Member Planning Commission, and included Rehman Sobhan, Lalia Rahman Kabir, Farooq Sobhan (Bangladesh), Mohan Man Sainju (Nepal), Syed Babar Ali, Akmal Hussain and Humayun Khan (Pakistan), Godfrey Gunatilleke and Saman Kalegama (Sri Lanka). |
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