India wants enhanced economic cooperation with Europe

September 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - France wants punishment for Mumbai terrorists and is monitoring foreign aid given to Pakistan to ensure it is not misused against India, a group of visiting French parliamentarians said Thursday. They also rooted for a permanent seat for India in the UN Security Council.

September 14th, 2009 Clinton urges crackdown on human traffickingVIENNA — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warns that human trafficking is flourishing in the shadows of the global economic downturn.

July 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton began talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday afternoon, with the Mumbai attacks and their aftermath, the situation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan ('AfPak') region and India's role in it on the agenda. Manmohan Singh is expected to tell Clinton about his talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at Sharm-el-Sheikh in Egypt and New Delhi's position on dialogue with Islamabad, official sources said.

July 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday said the US and India will explore new areas of cooperation in agriculture which she described as one of the five pillars of their strategic partnership. Agriculture is one of our five pillars of discussions.

July 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Praising India's rich knowledge in agriculture, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday said India is a key player in helping the US achieve global food security and end hunger. President Obama and I had a signature issue - food security and ending hunger.

July 10th, 2009 L'AQUILA - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will go to the US later this year while US President Barack Obama will visit India next year. The invitations were exchanged and accepted by the two leaders at a brief "pull-aside" meeting during the G8-G5 summit meeting in this quake-hit Italian town Thursday, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said here.

July 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The landmark India-US civil nuclear deal resulting in a strong and enduring partnership with New Delhi would enhance America's national security and economy, a top US lawmaker said Tuesday. However, the implementation of this historic deal would depend greatly on the diplomatic work by the new US ambassador to India, Senator Dick Lugar, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said at a confirmation hearing for Tim Roemer, President Barack Obama's nominee for the job.

June 26th, 2009 Port-of-SPAIN - Calling Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) an "economic powerhouse" in the Caribbean, India's High Commissioner Malay Mishra has said both countries are planning to set up a joint chamber of commerce to boost bilateral trade. Addressing the Confederation of Indian Industry's (CII) India-Caribbean Conclave this week, Mishra said the "creation of the chamber is currently in progress".

June 24th, 2009 BRUSSELS - Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade Wednesday criticised European Union (EU) policies towards Africa and said the continent was looking towards India and China for its economic needs, EuAsiaNews reported. Addressing a press conference in Brussels Wednesday, the Senegalese president accused the EU of isolating Africa and raising barriers against "black Africa".

June 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is fully committed to implementing the landmark India-US civil nuclear deal, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has declared noting that it had "removed the final barrier to broader cooperation between us." The deal provided a framework for economic and technical cooperation between the two countries and allowed them to move beyond concerns about the status of India's nuclear programme, she said at the US-India Business Council's (USI BC) Synergies Summit here Wednesday. Noting that the status of India's nuclear programme had "dominated our relationship for much of the last decade", Clinton said the completion of the deal marked the culmination of the "second stage" in the history of India-US relations.

June 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Ahead of a meeting with Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, the US has declared its commitment to enhancing dialogue with India on key trade policy issues, including a bilateral investment treaty. US Trade Representative Ron Kirk will discuss these issues with Sharma during a roundtable at the US-India Business Council's Synergies Summit here Wednesday.

April 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Thursday launched an India Business Forum (IBF) in China, a lobby to promote bilateral trade and economic cooperation between the two countries. The IBF will act as a forum for promoting India-China trade through collective and consensual approach and will also work with the Indian embassy in Beijing and others towards 'building brand India', the CII said in a statement released here.

February 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and the US signed an agreement for cooperation in production and marketing of biofuels here Tuesday. As per a government release, the agreement's purpose 'is to establish a framework of cooperation covering scientific, technical and policy aspects of production, conversion, utilisation, distribution and marketing of biofuels in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner'.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Long-term cooperation in the supply of Kazakh uranium for nuclear reactors will help in solving India's power demand, said Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev here Saturday. 'Long-term cooperation (in supply of uranium) will lead to the solving of India's problem of power,' he said in his address at a business meet jointly organised by industry chambers.

January 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday called for greater cooperation between India and Africa, saying the potential for bilateral trade between the two was more than what is reflected by existing trade levels. 'I call upon Indian and African business partners to step up their business engagements, Existing trade and investment levels do not reflect the true potential.