Shuklendu
/ Nitin,
After reading the following News Report , I
get the feeling that our planned " Email
Alerts " to Indian Ambassadors / Consuls / Trade Commissioners etc
, posted abroad , ought to become a big " HIT
" with Shri Amitabh Kant
It is fortuitous that we are planning to
launch this , just at the same time that PM is asking our Ambassadors to promote Foreign Investments in India
When Indian Ambassadors start receiving our
Email Alerts , they will immediately see into this , an " Opportunity
" to implement what PM wants them to ! - and project themselves as being
" Pro Active / Action-Oriented / Dynamic
" etc !
hcp
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Position India in a leading role globally:
Modi to Indian ambassadors
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking at Heads of Missions
summit in New Delhi on Saturday. Photo Courtesy: MEA
TOPICS
diplomacy
international relations
Indian ambassadors and high commissioners
posted worldwide will be expected to double up efforts on drawing investment to
promote the government’s key initiatives including “Make in India,” “Digital
India” and infrastructure development.
Addressing more than 110 “Heads of Missions” from around the
world at their annual conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told them to
“use the current global environment to position India in a leading role” and to
“adapt to global changes.”
Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj said that the Prime
Minister has shown a special interest in issues that served as the focus for
the conference, with the theme “Diplomacy with Development”.
These included the development agenda of the government as well
helping Indians worldwide on consular issues, preparing for the international
Yoga day in June this year, ‘Swachch Bharat’ and the clean ganga initiatives.
The HoMs had been instructed to understand the new policies and identify areas
of opportunity in the countries they were posted.
She told Ambassadors to step up efforts to speak to their host
governments, as well as local businessmen for
investment to facilitate the initiatives. Ms. Swaraj assured the
ambassadors that if Indian laws or bilateral agreements needed to be amended to
push ahead with these initiatives, then the government would work on those.
Diplomats represent a glorious heritage: Modi
In his opening remarks, Mr. Modi called the ambassadors “vibrant
representatives” of a glorious heritage. He laid emphasis on the fight against
climate change, saying India “must lead that fight”. In the past month, both
the US President Obama and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius have visited
Delhi with enlisting India’s support for the global climate change conference
in Paris in November 2015. While India has not yet committed to the protocol,
it is in negotiations with several countries, including the BRICS.
Mr. Modi emphasised that “a love for nature, or prakriti-prem is part of Indian culture”, something
he had addressed in his media conference with President Obama as well.
Speaking broadly about the threat of terror, Mr. Modi said
“India has a great responsibility to help the world counter new threats to
global peace”. Heads of Missions have been discussing the issues including the
push from many countries for India to join the “global coalition” against ISIS.
Before his address, his first at the Ministry of External
Affair’s headquareters in the Jawahar Lal Nehru Bhawan, the Prime Minister
dedicated a memorial sculpture for “government officers and personnel who
sacrificed their lives in the line of duty while serving abroad”.
Keywords: Heads of Missions summit, Ministry of External Affairs, Narendra Modi, India foreign policy
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