Assam CM Sonowal meets ASEAN nations' envoys, seeks investment

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday urged ambassadors of ASEAN countries and other important strategic partners of India, including Germany, Turkey, Israel, Afghanistan, Kazakhistan, to send their business delegates to state's first ever Global Investors’ Summit, slated to be held in February next year.

Sonowal’s meeting with the foreign envoys was part of a set of activities that the state government has planned to woo investors to Assam.

In New Delhi on Friday, Sonowal specifically presented the inherent potential, prosperities and possibilities of the state.


Sonowal also underscored Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s overwhelming importance to Assam and other North Eastern States and said, “Assam is a springboard for India’s Act East Policy.”

Meanwhile, expressing his interests to work with the state government, Singapore Ambassador Lim Thuan Kuan said: “Assam has a lot of advantages for business and our companies are very interested in the prevailing opportunities in Assam.”

Sonowal also held one-on-one interaction with the Ambassador of Japan, Kenji Hiramatsu.