By PORT MORESBY: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday declared his assistance for capacity-building efforts in
Pacific island countries
as he engaged with alumni of the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (
ITEC
program from 14 nations throughout the area.
Modi was here on his first see to Papua New Guinea to host an essential top in between India and 14
Pacific island nations
to improve bilateral ties.
He engaged with ITEC alumni on the sidelines of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) top.
“Underlining the role of capability structure in India-PIC collaboration. PM @narendramodi engaged with alumni of @ITECnetwork from throughout Pacific Island Countries (PIC).
“These ITEC alumni, consisting of federal government authorities, specialists and neighborhood leaders, are adding to their societies utilizing the abilities gotten in India. PM admired them for keeping India in their hearts and repeated his assistance for capacity-building efforts in the area.
India’s ITEC network program, set up in 1964, uses countless totally moneyed scholarships in numerous capacity-building training to nations throughout the world.
Pacific Island countries consist of the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, the Republic of Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
