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| India not competing with China |
| India not competing with China in Africa: Tharoor
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 18-October-2009
2:17:28 AM |
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India's relationship with African countries is independent of China's activities in the continent and competition with Beijing does not determine its policies for Africa, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has said.
"As far as we're concerned, our relationship with the very many countries of Africa is independent of what China is doing there," Tharoor said during his first official visit to New York.
"It is unconstructive to see any of these relationships in terms of a third country," he said. Noting that development and reconstruction work in the region required contribution not only by China and India, but also by Western nations, Tharoor said: "competition is not the point".
"What we're doing in Africa, we're doing it because we think its the right thing to do as well as we're genuinely convinced that Africa is a place when India can make a valuable contribution," said Tharoor, who is heading to the West African nation of Benin this week after a trip to Liberia. The policy of the Indian government is to lead its private sector to Africa, where China already has a major presence especially in the field of infrastructure. A business delegation is accompanying Tharoor on his official visits to African countries.
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