Seoul, September 22: As India is pursuing ‘Act East Policy’ the relationship with South Korea has great significance, Commerce Ministers Suresh Prabhu said. He is attending The 7th ASEM Economic Ministers’ Meeting is the South Korean capital Seoul. He sought support for an early harvest from bilateral trade negotiations from the Leader of Democratic Party, Choo Mi.
While addressing the forum at ASEM, Pradhu said India is aggressively pursuing implementation of paperless trading and single window facilitation. Free trade is now a worldwide issue. Talking on that, he said this is a challenge for all country to ensure free, fair trade embodied in WTO principles.
Later on, Friday Prabhu met South Korean leader Choo Mi. She reassured that India's cooperation with South Korea will go beyond Economics to culture, tourism, defense amongst other areas. The Indian government will further strengthen the Korea Plus cell created to facilitate Korean investments in India.
Suresh Prabhu met top officials from France Spain, Norway, and Denmark. He discussed issues ranging various topics like the food industry, export of fishery, seafood, high-speed rail.