Minister for Culture and Tourism, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat met with the Fourth Mekong Ganga Dhamma Yatra delegation from Thailand on Saturday at his residence.
A delegation of over 20 Buddhist scholars, former civil servants, and eminent citizens from Thailand arrived in Delhi on Friday as part of the 4th Mekong Ganga Dhammayatra, a pilgrimage aimed at strengthening the deep connection between the Mekong and Ganga civilisations.
The pilgrimage, taking place from December 2 to December 10, covers key Buddhist sites including Patna, Bodh Gaya, New Delhi, and Gujarat, and aims to promote peace, environmental awareness, and conflict avoidance through the teachings of the Buddha.
The emergence of the Indo-Pacific and the maturing of the Quad are noteworthy for promoting global good, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday noting that the world today is clearly headed "for re-globalization, not de-globalization" and global manufacturing and supply chain
Major transport projects in Vientnam's Mekong Delta region, which are expected to be completed this year, will spur socioeconomic development of the southwest region for years to come.
"Concluded a visit to Thailand for the BIMSTEC and Mekong Ganga Cooperation meetings. Took forward Neighbourhood First and Act East," Jaishankar said in a tweet.
"Co-chaired the 12th Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC) meeting in Bangkok today along with FM of Lao PDR Saleumxay Kommasith. Prioritizing the implementation of the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway," EAM Jaishankar tweeted.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will embark on a six-day visit to two nations from July 12-18. In the first leg of his visit, the EAM will reach Indonesia to attend Foreign Ministers’ Meetings under the ASEAN on July 13-14 and then he will go to Thailand for the Foreign Minis
According to Mekong News, this is modern-day slavery which Chinese human trafficking syndicates perpetrate without facing meaningful resistance from authorities in Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos, all three major hubs of trafficking business, estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars.
Myanmar was expected to hold a summit of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) towards the end of 2022, but it was not held as China's Premier Li Keqiang did not respond to the Myanmar junta's invitation for the summit.
here are enough indications showing collusion of enforcement agencies from Thailand and Myanmar with these illegal entities and they are being compensated well, writes Linn Maung for Mekong News.