Merkel's visit to India, which is emerging as an important market for Germany with bilateral trade increasing by 50 per cent last year needs cosmetic touch to its trade trifles.
Merkel: India visit pushed in close relations.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel invigorating trade
Merkel and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed to cooperate in areas of science and trade. At a final press conference in Mumbai, she said the two countries should co-operate more closely politically and economically.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has concluded a four-day visit to India said in Mumbai at the last leg of her visit addressed the media that she felt the trip had given relations between Germany and India a boost. She said the two countries should co-operate more closely politically and economically. The chancellor said fighting poverty in India remained a big challenge. During the visit, Merkel and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed to an expansion of work in areas such as science, trade and politics.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in New Delhi at the start of a four-day visit to India. The trip is meant to boost bilateral trade and investment. At the official reception for Merkel, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged Germany to play a bigger international role. Calling the chancellor a great leader and friend of India, he said a globalized world of mutual dependencies needed German leadership. Merkel urged German business and industry to seize opportunitieis to boost trade with India.
Speaking to the German radio station RBB-Inforadio, the head of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce said Germany was looking for a head start in the fast emerging market of 1.1 billion people.
"We Germans are not the only ones. If we are here today, tomorrow there will be the Americans, and after that the French. We have to show that we are engaged, that we are serious," Bernhard Steinruecke said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was very keen to push for big business with India during a state visit with purpose to invigorating trade and security links between Europe's largest economy and the Asian giant moving within close to double digit economy from last four years.
Americans,Russians,Germans have evinced strong desire to lasting trade tie up and France president due to visit India in January 2008,enunciates its market potential in futures,the scope of One billions people. - Naresh kumar sagar
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