Tuesday, April 1, 2008

India, Sweden Accord To Strengthen Cooperation In Trade, Academia

New Delhi: India on March 31, asked active cooperation from Sweden in the field of higher education, besides identifying complementarities in high-tech areas of IT, biotech, automotive industry and electronics. At the bilateral meeting between the Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, and the visiting Swedish Minister of Foreign Trade, Ms Ewa Bjorling, here, it was accorded that the two countries should catalyse cooperation by involving industry, academia and local universities. Sweden has strong interest to deepen and diversify relations with India, especially in the area of trade and economic development, as also in frontier areas of high technology.

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