NEW DELHI, October 20 – LIVEMINT – The second meeting between India’s Manmohan Singh and Pakistan’s Yousuf Raza Gilani is likely to be held next month at the upcoming South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) meeting in the Maldives to provide a fresh impetus to the renewed peace efforts between the two countries. These efforts are supposed to make positive impact in reducing the trust deficit between the countries. Preparations are under way for the meeting in Male, where the heads of governments of the eight SAARC countries, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka, will gather for their 17th summit on 10-11 November. – FINANCIAL EXPRESS – Baburam Bhattarai, Nepal’s prime minister, is going to make his first visit to India which starts on 20 October and is supposed to be focused on economic cooperation. The leaders of the two countries will hold discussions on a wide range of issues ranging from economic and energy ties to security cooperation and infrastructure projects. Also, a pact for providing a credit line of $250 million to the country may be approved during the visit. – ECONOMIC TIMES – Afghanistan is seeking Indian investments in several sectors including mining and manufacturing to enhance economic engagement between the two countries. According to the Afghanistan Trade and Industry Minister Anwar Ul Haq Ahady there are huge opportunities for Indian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the South Asian country. The bilateral trade between the two stood at USD 557.81 million in 2010-11. – ECONOMIC TIMES – Trade between India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) is set to grow to USD 25 billion by 2015, as the three key emerging economies have decided to remove non-trade barriers and improve maritime and air connectivity. Currently, trade between the three nations amounts to about USD 20 billion. – ECONOMIC TIMES – According to the World Bank report The Asian Financial Center, Singapore remains the easiest place to do business. After Singapore, rounding out the top five and unchanged from 2010 were, in order, Hong Kong, New Zealand, the United States and Denmark. Among the major emerging economies, China ranked at 91st, ahead of Russia (120th), Brazil (126th) and India (132nd).
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