Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Interacts With Delegates of Sampark Yatra

GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal interacted with the delegates of Sampark Yatra – a delegation comprising MLAs and senior officials of Assam Government on Tuesday, which will visit Bangladesh and Myanmar from June 26 to July 4, 2019. The programme was held the conference hall of Chief Minister’s Office at Janata Bhawan.

Notably the thirty member team, which consists of 14 MLAs and other senior IAS and ACS officers, would be led by Industry and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary. The tour is undertaken to sensitise the decision makers of the location advantage of these countries to Assam and the potential economic growth of the region by partnering them. The delegation would hold meetings with relevant stakeholders such as transporters, exporters, chambers of commerce, senior government officials in those countries and try to explore opportunities for furthering business activities.

Urging the delegates to present the strength of Assam due to its geographical position at the centre of ASEAN and South East Asia, Chief Minister Sonowal reiterated the state government’s initiatives to catapult Guawahati as a gateway to South East Asia taking advantage of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led central government’s Act East Policy. He also referred to successful organisation of “Advantage Assam: Global Investment Summit” in 2018 which paved the way for attracting big ticket investments to the state and setting up of two consulate offices of Bhutan and Bangladesh at Guwahati.

Minister for Commerce and Industry, Act East Policy Affairs Department etc Chandra Mohan Patowary and Additional Chief Secretary of Act East Policy Affairs Department also spoke in the programme. Media and Legal Advisers to the Chief Minister Hrishikesh Goswami and Shantanu Bharali were also present in the programme along with several MLAs who would embark on the tour, a press release state.

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