AMN / Amritsar
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will lead the Indian delegation at the two-day Heart of Asia conference beginning Saturday which will be see participation from over 30 countries including China, United States, Russia, Iran and Pakistan.
Amritsar is all set to host heart of Asia conference on 3rd and 4th December.
The main conference will be inaugurated jointly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on December 4.
Afghanistan is the permanent chair of Heart of Asia while India is its co-chair this year being the host.
The conference will discuss peace, cooperation and economic development in Afghanistan.
Terrorism will dominate the agenda with Afghanistan earlier in the week pressing for an effective counter-terror strategy to deal with the menace of terrorism by 14 countries are involved in the process which are Russia, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Turkey and Central Asian Neighbour.
There are 17 supporting countries and 13 international organistans supporting it. Heart of Asia Process was launched in 2011 from Istanbul.
The conference is platform for regional cooperation by placing Afghanistan at its center. At the end of the Heart of Asia Amritsar declaration is expect condemn countries sponsoring and supporting terrorism.