AFP – The deadly Ebola outbreak in west Africa has forced India to postpone plans for a December summit in New Delhi attended by representatives of more than 50 African nations, officials said on Saturday, September 20, 2014.
The spread of the virus, which has killed more than 2 600 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone this year, made it "logistically difficult given the public health guidelines to manage" the Third India-Africa Forum Summit, a foreign ministry official said.
India had been expecting nearly 1 000 delegates including ministers, government officials and business leaders for the meeting on 4 December, expected to be one of the biggest international events in the country in years.
The government will work with the African Union on rescheduling the trade-focused summit for 2015, foreign ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin told a media briefing.
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