After a meeting with PM Rutte, Narendra Modi will address top CEOs of the Netherlands-based companies to encourage them to invest in India to be part of "Indian growth story".
Amsterdam, June 27: To celebrate 70 years of diplomatic relations between India and the Netherlands, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on June 27. On Tuesday, Modi departed for Amsterdam after concluding his visit to the United States to discuss bilateral ties between the two largest democracies with President Donald Trump. There’s a lot can be expected from the Modi-Rutte meeting in the Netherlands since it will be the last country to visit in a bid to garner support to ensure membership at Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). China had blocked India’s entry to the elite alliance refusing to budge from its position. China demands that the 48-nation NSG first establish criteria for inclusion of non-NPT signatories as members in the group.
The next stop for PM Narendra Modi is the Netherlands where he would be celebrating the 70 years of diplomatic relations with the country. In the Netherlands, PM Modi will meet Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte. The two leaders are likely to discuss global issues include counter-terrorism, climate change, India’s NSG membership among others.
The NSG said in a statement that it had discussions on the issue of ‘technical, legal and political aspects of the participation of non-NPT countries’ in Bern. “At the plenary meeting, the NSG also continued to consider all aspects of the implementation of the 2008 statement on civil nuclear cooperation with India and discussed the NSG relationship with India,” the statement said.
While the NSG member-states reiterated their support for the “full, complete and effective” implementation of the” NPT, China ignored India’s plea to consider a merit-based approach for its inclusion in the NSG. “The group decided to continue its discussion and noted the intention of the chair to organise an informal meeting in November,” the NSG said in a statement.
After a meeting with PM Rutte, Narendra Modi will address top CEOs of the Netherlands-based companies to encourage them to invest in India to be part of “Indian growth story”. During his visit to the US, PM Modi had met 21 top business leaders of the US-based companies including Google’s Sundar Pichai, Apple’s Tim Cook among others and speaking of strengthening the US-India economic partnership, uplift them to invest in India.
Charting out the development of India, Modi said that the United States companies have a great opportunity to contribute to India. Making an investment prod to the US companies, Modi said that the US CEOs should invest in India.
Just like his meeting with the Indian diaspora in Virginia, Modi will also address the Indian community in the country. However, there are no reports if the PM would also meet the Netherlands PM for a working dinner as happened in the United States. “I will also call on King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and meet Queen Maxima,” Modi had said in a Facebook post before departing on his three-nation tour.
After the conclusion of PM Modi’s visit to the United States, MEA Spokesperson Gopal Baglay tweeted that PM Modi’s visit was “historic”. “Wrapping up a historic visit, setting a new milestone in India-US relationship. PM departs for Netherlands, the last leg of his three-nation tour,” the tweet read.
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