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SINGAPORE: Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam will make a four-day official visit to India from 7 to 10 May.

This will be his first visit to the country since assuming the post of Foreign Minister.

While in India Mr Shanmugam will co-chair the second meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee for Bilateral Cooperation with Indian Minister of External Affairs S M Krishna.

The meeting is a platform for both sides to review bilateral relations as well as identify new areas for cooperation.

In New Delhi, Mr Shanmugam will call on Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Speaker of the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) Meira Kumar.

He will also meet India's Minister of Law and Justice, who is concurrently Minister of Minority Affairs, Salman Khurshid, Chief Minister of Delhi National Capital Territory Sheila Dikshit, Members of Parliament from both the Lok Sabha (Lower House) and the Rajya Sabha (Upper House), as well as members of the business community.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry said as part of his introductory visit, Mr Shanmugam will travel to Guwahati in Assam, and Ahmedabad in Gujarat, where he will
meet the respective Chief Ministers, Tarun Gogoi and Narendra Modi and obtain first-hand insights into the priorities, opportunities and challenges in these states.

Mr Shanmugam will also meet members of the business communities.

- CNA/ck