Yeo Han-Koo, the minister for trade of the Republic of Korea paid an official visit to India at the invitation of Piyush Goyal, minister of commerce & industry, consumer affairs, food & public distribution and textiles of India. The two ministers held wide ranging discussions covering the whole gamut of bilateral trade and investment related aspects, at their meeting yesterday in New Delhi.

They agreed with the spirit of openness to address difficulties expressed by industry from both sides and instructed their respective negotiating teams to meet on a regular basis in order to conclude the CEPA up-gradation negotiations as soon as possible in a time bound manner building upon support from relevant stakeholders, as per a joint press communique on India - Korea trade talks.

The regular negotiations shall be a forum to discuss the difficulties of business community from both countries and emerging trade-related issues including supply chain resilience. The ministers agreed to boost bilateral trade between India and Korea to achieve growth in a fair and balanced manner to the mutual advantage of both sides.

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