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During the meeting, two MOUs were exchanged- MoU
on Maritime Issues between the Ministry of Shipping of India
and the Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Aff airs
of Denmark and MoU between Imagine Panaji Smart City
Development Limited and the Danish Embassy in New Delhi
to establish an Urban Living Lab in Panaji, Goa.
Around 130 Danish companies have invested in India
in areas such as shipping, renewable energy, environment,
agriculture and food processing and are keen to expand their
engagements in other sectors like smart urban development
and waste-to-energy. Several major Danish companies are
also present in Gujarat in shipping and renewable energy
sectors.
PM Andrej Babis invited nomination of an Indian scientist
for its prestigious Research & Development Council which
hosts several international researchers of high repute and is
headed by the Prime Minister himself.
Dr Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta
PM Muscat had a bilateral meeting with PM Modi on
the sidelines of the Summit. He fondly recalled the visit of
Vice President of India to Malta in September last year and
appreciated growing exchanges of visits and strengthening
of bilateral relations. The two Prime Ministers discussed the
possibilities of enhancing trade and commercial ties.
Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
In the meeting, the two leaders deliberated upon various
areas of bilateral cooperation and also exchanged views on
multilateral issues of mutual interest. They underscored the
huge potential for expanding bilateral trade and investments
between the two countries.
Denmark is a global leader in several niche technologies
which are of relevance to India. Mentioning that Denmark
has skills, India has scale and world has the need for new
technologies, PM Modi encouraged India and Denmark to
establish a research platform where solutions could be found
to global issues of concern such as food security, water
management, climate change and sustainable development.
PM Muscat welcomed Indian Pharma and IT industry to
make Malta a potential hub for African and European markets.
He invited India to cooperate with Malta on advanced
technologies such as Artifi cial Intelligence, Block-chain and
fi nancial technologies. Malta has brought in formal legislation
on Block-chain technology and sees the role of Indian IT
companies as system monitors.
PM Modi invited greater academic cooperation from
Malta including the possibility of off ering training courses for
Maltese professionals at the Forensics University in Gujarat.
Realising the importance of renewable energy for sustainable
and low carbon-imprint growth, the two leaders hailed the
initiative of International Solar Alliance and committed full
cooperation to upscale solar technologies and harness the full
potential of solar energy.
Source: Ministry of External Aff airs
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