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India and Palestine have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a joint Centre of Excellence in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Palestine. Under the MOU signed here on Tuesday between External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and member of the Executive Committee of Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) Dr Saeb MS Erakat, a state of the art centre on ICT will be set up in Palestine. Given India’s expertise in the field of ICT, this project is expected to create a pool of IT experts and generate employment opportunities for them. IT professionals from Palestine will also be given a higher-level training in India in the field of ICT who will then impart training to Palestinians making the ICT centre self-reliant. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), a premier R&D organisation of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology under the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, will be the implementing agency for this project.Earlier in the day, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who arrived here on Monday night on a State visit, held delegation-level talks with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.

India to develop Centre of Excellence in ICT in Palestine