NDTV.com, 22 Sep 2008, Indo-Asian News Service
The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Singapore, a conclave of the Indian diaspora in the Asia-Pacific region, will be strictly restricted to business, according to Singapore's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Balaji Sadasivan.
"We felt that Singapore was not in a position to discuss the social and other issues faced by Indians abroad, so we are strictly limiting the meeting to business alone," Sadasivan said at a function in Dubai late on Sunday, where he invited members of the Indian community in Dubai and the Gulf to participate in the Singapore event.
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