Mr. President,

India has been accepted as a full partner in the ITER Project by consensus. This was decided at a meeting of the ITER partner countries (China, Japan, EU, RoK, Russia and the US) held in Jeju, Republic of Korea on 6 December 2005. Negotiations on finalizing the ITER Agreement are at an advanced stage and it is likely to be finalised shortly.

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Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs, along with his counterpart from South Africa, Mr. Aziz Pahad, inaugurated the sixth session of the India-South Africa Joint Ministerial Commission on 5th December, 2005. The South African delegation includes Mr. Jabulani Moleketi, Deputy Finance Minister, and a 40-member official delegation. The Joint Commission was preceded by a meeting of senior officials chaired by Smt. Shashi Tripathi, Secretary (West) on the Indian side and Mr. Anil Sooklal, Deputy Director General from the South African side. Sub-committees of the Joint Commission met from 2nd December.

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OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON (SHRI NAVTEJ SARNA): Good evening ladies and gentlemen. It is a privilege to have Foreign Secretary here today to brief you on the forthcoming visit of the Prime Minister to Russia from 4th to 7th. I request the Foreign Secretary to brief you after which we will take questions.

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The India growth story just got bigger. Pipping the US, India has emerged as world's second-best destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) after China, a survey of executives by a global consulting firm AT Kearney shows.

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Mr. Chairman,

Allow me to express the pleasure of my delegation in seeing you in the Chair. We assure you of our cooperation in the discharge of your functions and are confident that your wise leadership will facilitate fruitful exchanges at our meeting.

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