{"id":1425,"date":"2020-08-12T08:29:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T08:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smlnews.ug\/Luganda\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2020-08-12T08:29:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T08:29:54","slug":"india-to-strengthen-ties-with-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smlnews.ug\/Luganda\/2020\/08\/12\/india-to-strengthen-ties-with-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"India To Strengthen Ties With Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The new High Commissioner of the Republic of India to Uganda, Mr. A. Ajay KUMAR yesterday paid a courtesy call on Hon. 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Oryem further remarked that Uganda is an open economy with a conducive climate for Investors and International Business Operations from India. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He thanked the People and the Government of India for various donations to Uganda including; a Cancer Radio Therapy Machine, the Mahatma Gandhi Convention Centre, Medicines, and Vehicles among other things pledged by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his visit to Uganda in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>H.E. Kumar expressed his gratitude for the warm reception accorded to him since his arrival in Uganda. 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