New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday centered his visit to France, Germany and Canada around supporting India’s economic agenda and creating jobs.
“France, Germany and Canada visit is centred around supporting India’s economic agenda and creating jobs for our youth,” Modi said in a tweet.
“Will discuss strengthening India-France economic co-operation and visit some high-tech industrial units outside Paris. In Germany, Chancellor Merkel and I will jointly inaugurate Hannover Messe where India is a partner country,” the prime minister said.
The Hannover Messe fair is world’s largest industrial trade fair.”Looking forward to enhancing ties with Canada and interacting with leaders, captains of industry and diaspora in Canada,” Modi said in another tweet.
Modi will first travel to France on April 9 and from there he will leave for Germany on April 12.
He said through his visit, “I am honouring long standing invitations from three of our most important partners who have strong friendships with India”.
In Paris, Modi said that he would “seek greater French involvement in our Make in India Programme, including in the defence manufacturing sector”.
“France is one of our most important strategic partners, which has stood with us at difficult moments. We remember the understanding and support extended by France in 1998 after the Pokhran (nuclear) tests. France was also Atal-ji’s first destination for a bilateral visit thereafter.”
He said there are “huge opportunitiesfor collaboration in the manufacturingand infrastructure with France, including in the Railways sector as well”.
Modi said through the Make in India Programme, India has the potential to create thousands of highly skilled and well paid jobs in India.
“I also look forward to discussing ways in which we can deepen our security cooperation include counter-terrorism as well as space, cyber and maritime security.”
He said he would visit some of the highly developed high technology industries outside Paris and as also pay respect at the World War I memorial at Neuve Chapelle, “especially to honour, in the centenary year of the tragic war, the supreme sacrifice of thousands of Indian soldiers, who fought valiantly during World War I”.
“India is the partner country at the Hannover Trade Fair this year. This gives India a special place in the trade fair and a high visibility to our business sector,” he said.
“I intent to use my visit to substantially raise the level of German investments in India, especiallyinthe manufacturing sector, skill development and clean energy.”
“Germany is the economic leader in European Union, which is the largest economic grouping in the world and our largest economic partner. I would seek Germany’s support in expanding our exports to European Union and attracting higher level investments from there.”
In Canada , Modi said he will be hosted by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
“Canada is also the first country to have completed the requirements of Civil Nuclear cooperation, having concluded the Civil Nuclear Agreement in 2010 and the Administrative Arrangement in November 2012.
“We look forward to resuming our Civil Nuclear Energy cooperation with Canada, especially for sourcing uranium fuel for our nuclear power plants,” he said.
“I look forward to my official meetings in Ottawa, interacting with the business leaders in Toronto and reaching out to the Indian community in Toronto and Vancouver.”(IANS)
