India, Germany sign pact for training executives

Berlin, Sep 10 (PTI) India and Germany have entered into
an agreement to train senior executives of Indian companies
here.

A Memorandum of Understanding signed by Minister for
Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath and German Minister for
Industry and Technology Michael Glos last night envisages
training of about 50 Indian executives in the initial phase.
The programme involves theoretical courses as well as on-
the-job training in German companies.

Meanwhile, both the ministers examined ways to resume the
collapsed Doha Round of W.T.O. negotiations and also reviewed
the progress made by current negotiations on the Indo-E.U.
free trade agreement.

In the area of bilateral cooperation, Nath and Glos
discussed matters related to further stepping up German
investments in India and vice versa, fostering bilateral trade
and promoting technical education and training at different
levels in India.

Nath, accompanied by a 90-member Indian business
delegation, began his two-day visit to Berlin by delivering
the key-note address at fourth annual India conference of
leading German economic daily Handlesblatt in Berlin on
Monday. PTI CORR KD