India and Kyrgyz exchanged protocol on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation

New Delhi, Nov 17 (KNN) India has signed a protocol with Kyrgyz on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation at the 9th Session of the India-Kyrgyz Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation (IK-IGC) that was held in New Delhi.

The IK-IGC was co-chaired by Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, and Kosmosbek Cholponbaev, Minister of Health, Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.

India and Kyrgyzstan have identified potential sectors where both sides may engage in areas like healthcare and pharmaceutical, environmental and technical safety, agriculture, information, tourism and culture, textiles and clothing, banking, labour and social development, mines and standards, metrology and certification sector.

Both sides agreed to hold business to business forums between Kyrgyz and Indian companies as well as the exchange of business and commercial information and search for partners.  

Kyrgyz proposed to consider the creation of joint food and food processing ventures for agriculture and meat product for export to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) markets.

It requested India to assist in incubation methods and breeding of fresh water fish, fish disease prophylactic treatment, primary processing and storage of fish and fish products, creation of electronic data base for the pastures, monitoring, assessment and conducting of remote sensing of mountainous pastures including geo-information system.

The parties agreed to hold the tenth meeting of the Kyrgyz-Indian inter-governmental Commission on Trade-Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic.