June 17, 2010 9:57 AM

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Krishna embarks on three-day visit to Seoul

<br/>The External Affairs Minister Mr. SM Krishna is leaving on a three-day visit to Seoul on Thursday to attend 7th India-South Korea Joint Commission meeting. <br/> <br/>Civil Nuclear Co-operation, enhancing trade ties and strengthening of defence co-operation will be high on the agenda of discussions between the External Affairs Minister and the South Korean leaders.<br/> <br/>An external affairs ministry spokesman said that a whole gamut of relations will come up for review in the Joint Commission meeting on Friday. He will hold extensive talks with his South Korean counterpart on civil nuclear co-operation besides achieving the trade target of 30 billion US dollars by 2014. <br/> <br/>The target was set during the South Korean President's visit to India in January this year. During his talks with the Defence minister, the focus will be on co-operation between the two Navies to effectively counter the threat posed by growing piracy around the Horn of Africa. <br/> <br/>He will also call on the South Korean president and address the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security there.<br/>

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