PrintFriendly- Today is a historic day for South Asia…a day without precedence
- Two years ago, India made a promise. A promise to extend the advanced space technology for the cause of growth and prosperity of our brothers and sisters in South Asia.
- With this launch we have started a journey to build the most advanced frontier of our partnership.
- We extend our close links into Outer Space
- Grateful to fellow leaders from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives & Sri Lanka for joining me to celebrate this launch
- Our coming together is a sign of our unshakeable resolve to place the needs of our peoples in the forefront
- Through this we will achieve effective communication, better governance, better banking services & better education in remote areas
- Space technology will touch the lives of our people in the region
- ISRO team has led from the front in developing the South Asia Satellite as per the regions’ requirements and flawlessly launching it
- Convinced that when we join hands & mutually share fruits of knowledge, technology & growth, we can speed up development and prosperity