Article: After China, Arab League proposes second forum with India

New Delhi, June 16 -- In a sign of warming ties, India and the Arab League propose to establish a permanent forum to institutionalise political, economic and cultural dialogue and set up an Arab Cultural Centre here.

The details of the forum - on the lines of the Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum - will be discussed at a meeting between India and the 22-member Arab League in Cairo June 28, diplomatic sources said.

Rajiv Sikri, secretary (east) in India's Ministry of External Affairs, will lead the Indian delegation to the bilateral meeting that will also hold discussions on political, economic, cultural and multilateral issues, the sources added.

"The only forum that exists between the Arab ...

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