Angela Merkel to get 2013 Indira
Gandhi Prize for Peace
>> German Chancellor Angela Merkel
will be awarded the coveted Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
Development for 2013 with an international jury headed by Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh choosing her.
>> The announcement was made on
Tuesday by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust which said that the award was being
given to 59-year-old Merkel for her exemplary leadership in Europe and the
world during the financial crisis and her stewardship of German economic
growth.
>> The trust said the prize was being
given to the German leader because of the work done by her for promotion of
global economic stability, her commitment to universal peace and disarmament
and her leadership role in strengthening productive and mutually beneficial
relations with India and other developing countries.
>> Ms. Merkel, who became the first
woman to be elected as Chancellor of Germany, has been a strong supporter of
close relations with India, it said.
>> Her joint declaration with the
Indian Prime Minister greatly strengthened the Indo-German relations, leading
to inter-governmental consultations during her state visit to India in 2011 and
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Berlin in 2013 during which the German
participation in the ambitious Green Energy Corridors Project was finalised, it
added.
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