Israel seeks cooperation with Punjab in allied sector
Saturday, 22/04/2017
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Chandigarh : Israel on Friday evinced interest in strengthening cooperation with Punjab in various sectors, including agriculture, dairy farming as well as promotion of private investment in the state. In a meeting between Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and Israel’s ambassador to India, Daniel Carmon in New Delhi, the two sides decided to explore the possibility of setting up Punjab-Israel working groups for continuous dialogue on issues of mutual interest.
The ambassador told the chief minister that Israel is interested in expanding ties with Punjab beyond government- to-government relations by extending business opportunities for the Israeli private sector, Thukral said.
The Israeli envoy also showed interest in technological cooperation, with a possibility of setting up an IT and communications hub in Punjab, to which Singh said it could be an important area of mutual growth. The chief minister was keen to involve private sector, like in his previous tenure as the CM, in innovating new ways to boost irrigation and improve the yields of farmers with small holdings by encouraging them to shift to horticulture, Thukral said.
The two sides also discussed cooperation in police/ security training, to which the Israeli ambassador said it could be arranged either in his country or in Punjab.
