By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, October 27, 2022: Representatives of various countries of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) are on a three-day visit to Odisha to explore business opportunities in the state.

The team is in the state after Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik invited them during the investors’ meeting at New Delhi recently to come and invest in Odisha.

Representatives from Myanmar, Brunei, Thailand, Indonesia, and Laos will interact with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and senior bureaucrats during their stay. The delegation also will attend a Mega Business Summit at Bhubaneswar on Friday. The summit will see the participation of all the major business associations and industries of Odisha.

The aim of the summit is to discuss ways to further strengthen the trade as well as cultural ties between Odisha and South East Asia.

The delegation will also meet CM Patnaik in the evening and discuss their trip and participation in Make in Odisha Conclave’22.

Senior diplomats including Ina Hagniningtyas Krisnamurthi, Ambassador of Republic of Indonesia to India, Moe Kyaw Aung, Ambassador of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to India, Bounneme Chouanghom, Ambassador of The Lao People’s Democratic Republic to India, Dato Alaihuddin Mohd Taha, High Commissioner of Brunei Darussalam to India, Amizal Fadzli Rajali, Charge d’affaires, High Commission of Malaysia in India, and Acharapan Yavaprapas, Consul-General, Royal Thai Consulate General, Kolkata are also part of the delegation.

As a build-up to the Make in Odisha Conclave’22 and as part of international outreach, the Government of Odisha conducted an Ambassadors’ Meet in New Delhi on August 31, 2022.