Spanish Deputy PM meets Manmohan Singh

New Delhi, Jan 6 (ANI): Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernández de la Vega, who is on her first visit to India, met Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh on Monday evening.

She also met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani.

Fernández de la Vega's visit to India is seen as an attempt to further strengthen diplomatic and trade relations between India and Spain.

Spain, a key member state of the European Union (EU), had formulated a special plan titled "Plan India", focusing on the increasing trade and energy cooperation particularly in wind energy with India initially.

Spain has shown a keen interest to promote defence co-operation with India.

Trade between India and Spain is growing and has more than quadrupled from 900 million dollars in 2000 to 3985 million dollars in 2007.

The two countries established diplomatic relations more than five decades ago. (ANI)