Naidu to visit Paraguay, Costa Rica

New Delhi: Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu will be visiting Paraguay and Costa Rica between March 5-9, in the first high-level visit from India to the two countries. He will be accompanied by a delegation including Union Tourism Minister K.J. Alphons, MPs and senior officials.

The visit is aimed at advancing India’s outreach in the South American region and giving an impetus to bilateral trade and investment in information and communications technology (ICT), renewable energy including hydel, education, healthcare, space and people-to-people engagement, said an official statement. Bilateral trade between India and Paraguay has increased almost ten-fold over the past 10 years touching $334 million in 2017-18 from $40 million in 2008-09, it said. (IANS)

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