ON BOARD SPECIAL AIRCRAFT: India is not in competition with China or any other country in pursuing its policy of development cooperation with foreign nations, particularly Africa, Vice President Hamid Ansari today said.Interacting with reporters en route to Kigali to begin his five-day tour to Rwandan and Uganda, Ansari said, "We are not in competition with China or anyone else, as far as our development cooperation with foreign countries is concerned, particularly in Africa. They have their own style of work, own capacities. ""We are development partners in Africa, once they decide what they want to benefit from Indian expertise then we transform them into concrete projects of assistance. "Our President has made visits to three African countries, the Prime Minister to four and I have visited five already. We let them decide what are the areas they would like to cooperate, in education , capacity building."

Source: Economic Times February 19, 2017 16:52 UTC