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Abdi Aziz Ahmed Musa
New Delhi - East African country Djibouti said it wished to enhance economic cooperation with India and has invited Indian industry to explore the business opportunities and invest in areas such as oil and tourism.
"We are here to welcome the Indian business community to our country," President of the Republic of Djibouti, Ismail Omar Guelleh, said at a meeting organized jointly by the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
He called on his countrymen to "adopt and learn from our Indian brothers" and lauded India's present position as a "leading country in this part of the world".
In view of India's present position, Guelleh said "we are keen for cooperation and partnership with India". He hoped the current visit would create opportunities for both the Indian and Djiboutian businessmen to "strengthen and enhance bilateral cooperation for the mutual benefit of our people".
The president asked the Indian business houses to export skilled manpower to Djibouti and said, "We have a shortage of skilled manpower in our country so imports are welcome. We will need Indian knowhow in the Doraleh port facility which is coming up," the president said.
He also said power tariffs, which were high, and acting as a deterrent to prospective Indian business investments in Djibouti would be lowered soon.
Referring to visa issue, he said it was not much of an issue as the consulate office in Delhi was capable of issuing visas and the government there would take care of the other norms once the people arrived in Djibouti.
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