US keen to take part in economic development of Manipur |
The United States is interested to participate in the economic development of the Northeastern region of India particularly Manipur which is considered as the gate to Southeast Asia, said Robert Garverick, minister counsellor for Economic Environment, Science & Technology Affairs US embassy.Robert Garverick alongwith Geoffrey Wessel, trade and connectivity officer of the US embassy and specialist US Consulate Kolkata, Sourabh Sen, arrived in the state recently. The officials of the US embassy also visited Moreh town bordering Myanmar and inspected various infrastructure development taking place at the border town including the Integrated Check Post, Indo-Myanmar border among others. The officials of the embassy also interacted with the local administrators, NGOs, entrepreneurs of the border town.The US embassy in New Delhi has been working very closely with the Government of India on a whole variety of development programme ranging from trade to information technology.
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