<p>India and Myanmar Monday signed 12 agreements, including on a $500 million credit line, border area development and air services.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The agreements were signed after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held wide-ranging talks with President Thein Sein at Myanmar’s new capital.<br /><br />A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on a $500 million credit line between Export-Import Bank of India and the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank.<br /><br />Both countries also signed pacts on India-Myanmar border area development and an air services agreement.<br /><br />There were MoUs for setting up the Myanmar Institute of Information Technology and the Advance Centre for Agriculture Research and Education, Yezin Agriculture University.<br />A rice bio park, establishing border haats and setting up a joint trade and investment forum were covered as well.<br /><br />There will also be a cultural exchange programme for 2012-15.<br /><br />India and Myanmar entered into an agreement of cooperation between the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and the Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies (MISIS).<br /><br />Besides, there were pacts between Calcutta University and Dagon University, Yangon, and between the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) and MISIS.<br /></p>
<p>India and Myanmar Monday signed 12 agreements, including on a $500 million credit line, border area development and air services.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The agreements were signed after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held wide-ranging talks with President Thein Sein at Myanmar’s new capital.<br /><br />A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on a $500 million credit line between Export-Import Bank of India and the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank.<br /><br />Both countries also signed pacts on India-Myanmar border area development and an air services agreement.<br /><br />There were MoUs for setting up the Myanmar Institute of Information Technology and the Advance Centre for Agriculture Research and Education, Yezin Agriculture University.<br />A rice bio park, establishing border haats and setting up a joint trade and investment forum were covered as well.<br /><br />There will also be a cultural exchange programme for 2012-15.<br /><br />India and Myanmar entered into an agreement of cooperation between the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and the Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies (MISIS).<br /><br />Besides, there were pacts between Calcutta University and Dagon University, Yangon, and between the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) and MISIS.<br /></p>