India, Netherlands discuss cooperation across various sectors (Lead)
Thursday - May 24, 2018 2:42 pm ,
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India, Netherlands discuss cooperation across various sectors (Lead)
New Delhi May 24 (IANS) India and The Netherlands on Thursday explored cooperation across multiple sectors at a CEOs Round Table attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte.
"Explored strengthening cooperation in sectors like agriculture & food processing horticulture water management logistics life sciences & health among other areas " External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.
"Netherlands is the fourth largest investor in India in diverse sectors " Kumar said in an earlier tweet.
The CEOs Round Table was preceded by a bilateral meeting between Modi and Rutte at Hyderabad House here.
Rutte arrived here on Thursday morning on a two-day visit to India that will also see him going to Bengaluru.
This is his second visit to India since June 2015 but the first after being re-elected as Prime Minister in 2017.
The Dutch leader s visit comes within a year of Modi s visit to The Netherlands last June.
According to figures released by the External Affairs Ministry India and The Netherlands have a bilateral trade of $7.621 billion (April 2017-Feb 2018).
The Netherlands is also home to a 235 000-strong Indian diaspora the largest in mainland Europe.
Rutte s visit is expected to boost the economic and political cooperation between India and The Netherlands.
--IANS ab/vm
"Explored strengthening cooperation in sectors like agriculture & food processing horticulture water management logistics life sciences & health among other areas " External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.
"Netherlands is the fourth largest investor in India in diverse sectors " Kumar said in an earlier tweet.
The CEOs Round Table was preceded by a bilateral meeting between Modi and Rutte at Hyderabad House here.
Rutte arrived here on Thursday morning on a two-day visit to India that will also see him going to Bengaluru.
This is his second visit to India since June 2015 but the first after being re-elected as Prime Minister in 2017.
The Dutch leader s visit comes within a year of Modi s visit to The Netherlands last June.
According to figures released by the External Affairs Ministry India and The Netherlands have a bilateral trade of $7.621 billion (April 2017-Feb 2018).
The Netherlands is also home to a 235 000-strong Indian diaspora the largest in mainland Europe.
Rutte s visit is expected to boost the economic and political cooperation between India and The Netherlands.
--IANS ab/vm
