Copenhagen: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the India-Nordic Summit will go a long way in boosting India’s ties with the region.
The India-Nordic Summit was participated by the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden, and Norway. The meeting came shortly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral meetings with the Nordic leaders.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that “The India-Nordic Summit will go a long way in boosting India’s ties with the region. Together, there is much that our nations can achieve and contribute to global prosperity and sustainable development.”
Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra in a special press briefing said that “One, need to contribute the skill capability of Nordic countries with the scale of India. Two, clean and green growth solutions, and three, to forge new innovation partnerships.”
He further added that the discussions during the India-Nordic summit were held in three clusters relating to “multilateral cooperation in the context of COVID aftermath.” Secondly, the climate and sustainable development and the blue economy. Lastly, the innovation segment.
The foreign secretary also highlighted the key pointers which came up during the summit. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated the Nordic countries as very reliable partners in the last 75 years of India’s journey of growth and economic development.
He further added that “The areas of cooperative partnership essentially focused on: One, the urban renewal. Two, river cleaning. Three is the entire domain of renewable energy, and four, is skill development”.
The Prime Minister also highlighted the need for temporary “TRIPS” (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) waiver for vaccine production globally with the view to ensuring vaccine availability for the needy countries.
(With Agency Inputs)