New Delhi, Sep 12 (ANI): The visiting Canadian Foreign Minister, John Baird, will hold bilateral discussions with External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna at the Hyderabad House here on Wednesday.
Baird and Krishna will discuss ways of enhancing and intensifying relationship, especially in areas of mutual interest such as energy, minerals, agriculture and food security, infrastructure, advanced technology, higher education and people-to-people ties.
The two leaders will also review regional and global issues of mutual interest and concern.
Baird will also call on Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister S. Jaipal Reddy and National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon later in the day and will discuss matters of mutual interest.
Thereafter, the President of Confederation of India Industry (CII) Adi Godrej will host a reception in honour of the visiting dignitary at 'The Oberoi Hotel' here on Wednesday evening.
India and Canada have a shared commitment to democracy, pluralism, federalism, individual liberty and free enterprise. With over 30 institutionalized mechanisms of bilateral cooperation in a range of areas and a million-strong Indo-Canadian community that includes a growing number of Indian students studying in Canada, India-Canada relations are making steady progress.
With a view to deepening the bilateral economic engagement, the two countries are negotiating important bilateral agreements such as the social security agreement, the bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement and the comprehensive economic partnership agreement.
Canada is emerging as an important destination for Indian investments, especially in energy, minerals and the IT sector. (ANI)
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