INDIA: Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi attends a welcome ceremony starting his three-day visit aimed at boosting bilateral cultural, trade and tourism ties.

Record ID: 1374621

  • Title: INDIA: Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi attends a welcome ceremony starting his three-day visit aimed at boosting bilateral cultural, trade and tourism ties.
  • Date: 19th March 2013
  • Summary: MURSI SHAKING HANDS WITH MUKHERJEE AND SINGH MURSI SHAKING HANDS WITH INDIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER, SALMAN KHURSHID MURSI SHAKING HANDS WITH INDIAN DELEGATES FLAGS OF INDIA AND EGYPT MUKHERJEE SHAKING HANDS WITH EGYPTIAN DELEGATES MURSI, MUKHERJEE AND SINGH STANDING BEFORE JOURNALISTS MURSI, MUKHERJEE AND SINGH LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 3rd April 2013 20:27
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  • Location: India
  • Country: India
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA57PV3S7ZLE9LBGMVG1Q983CI2
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi began his India visit with a ceremonial welcome at the presidential palace in New Delhi on Tuesday (March 19).
    Mursi is leading a high-level delegation of business leaders and ministers, including the ministers of communications, information technology, trade, commerce and investment.
    Bilateral trade between the countries has increased significantly in the recent years in spite of the political transition in Egypt and currently stands at USD 5.5 billion.
    Mursi is due to hold bilateral discussions with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh later in the day and the two sides are expected to sign deals to further deepen and diversify the growing bilateral trade and investment.
    Mursi will also address a meeting of leading Indian businessmen to woo investments.
    India is Egypt's seventh largest trading partner and second largest source of its exports. More than 50 Indian companies have presence in Egypt in various sectors and the cumulative Indian investments in Egypt are more than USD 2.5 billion.
    Mursi visited Pakistan on Monday (March 18) and held talks with his Pakistani counterpart, Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and others.
  • Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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