http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Modi-in-Moscow-next-month/articleshow/5019804.cms Modi in Moscow next monthRajiv Shah, TNN 17 September 2009, 02:13am ISTGANDHINAGAR: The Russian government has invited chief minister Narendra Modi to visit Moscow to attend the Fourth International Energy Week, to be held in the last week of October 2009. Officials said the CM will take along with him a trade delegation to attend the event to be held at the World Trade Centre, Moscow.
Russia is not an EU country and Modi visited Moscow in July 2006 on his way to Astrakhan. Officials say Modi is keen on being in Moscow next month as he wants to promote Gujarat as the `Gas Capital' of India. Already, Gujarat consumes nearly 40 per cent of the total gas requirements of the country and has written to the Centre that it wants more. After visiting Moscow, Modi may go to Astrakhan, a tiny Russian province on the banks of Caspian Sea. Modi signed a protocol of understanding with Astrakhan government in November 2001, when he visited Moscow with then Prime Minister A B Vajpayee. Another protocol of cooperation was signed during Modi's visit to Astrakhan in July 2006. Significantly, Modi has not been able to visit any European Union country ever since he was refused visa to US in March 2005 on grounds of human rights violations during the 2002 communal riots. Another reason for visa denial was the anti-conversion law, stiffly opposed by Christian human rights groups. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
