Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 6 Nation Visit (including USA, Russia) which lasted for eight days, brought many surprises for India. The trip was successfully concluded with many positive outcomes that griped India’s relations. The visit was scheduled in the central Asian countries namely to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Prime Minister also attended BRICS and SCO summits in the mid of the visit which was held in Ufa, Russia. The visit was concluded with many fields benefited and future relations are fruitfully discussed and signed. Key points of the visit are detailed below, which will help the aspirants to clear any competitive exams like CDS, AFCAT and will also help them during interview, G.D and lecturette during SSB.
Uzbekistan Visit
Prime Minister Narendra modi arrived in Uzbekistan on the first day of his visit. The leaders had talks about various issues including the circumstances in Afghanistan.
- The countries decided to schedule a meet of a Joint Working Group on counter terrorism in the end of this year.
- Both the countries decided to strength the cooperation in the field of Defense and Cyber Security
- Pact signed for supply of 2,000 metric tons of yellow cake.
- The ongoing cooperation in agriculture, energy and IT are also decided to be strengthened.
- MoUs signed (Memorandum of Understanding)
- The delegation level meet was successfully discussed wide range of issues that included surface connectivity between the nations, recognizing terrorism as a common area of cooperation and cooperation in tourism. Both the nations agreed on the central role of U.S. to be played to maintain peace.
Kazakhstan Visit
The visit to Kazakhstan was also very beneficial for both the countries. India and Kazakhstan signed key deals to enhance the relations between the two nations.
- Kazakhstan agreed to supply 5,000 tons of uranium to India during a period of 2015-16. After this, Kazakhstan will become largest importer of uranium beside Canada and Australia.
- The MoU on defense was also upgraded with further strengthening of defense and military cooperation that is expected to widen the scope of joint exercise, Special Forces exchange, cooperation in operations in UN peacekeeping and military technical cooperation.
- Enhancement in intelligence cooperation to shield the terrorism including Afghanistan.
- Agreement was signed between the countries regarding exchange of sentenced persons.
Turkmenistan Visit
Here also, India found a great friend and many exchanges were decided for
- The main issue of talks was seemed to be the TAPI (Turkmenistan- Afghanistan- Pakistan- India) pipeline. The two nations showed interest in its fast implementation. Turkmenistan has world’s 4th largest natural gas reserve in the world.
- Agreement on Enhancement of tourism was also a part of the visit.
- Both the nations agreed for cooperation in science and technology.
- Sports Minister of both the nation signed agreement with each other for cooperation in sports.
- MoU on fertilizer sector open a gate for import of fertilizer from Turkmenistan to India.
- Cooperation in defense sector was also a key point of visit which will open dialogues between Ministries of defense of both the nations.
As, this is PART-1 of PM Modi’s visit, many more points are to come in PART-2. Till then, stay motivated and be active on SSBCrack.
