<br/>The South Korean President Mr Lee Mayung-Bak has expressed the hope that the bilateral relations with India will touch new heights in future. He called for greater partnership in the economic, political and cultural areas to put the relations between the two countries on a higher pedestal. He was talking to reporters after a ceremonial reception was accorded in his honour at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan on Monday morning.<br/><br/>The two countries will sign two agreements in the fields of IT and peaceful usage of space technology to foster greater cooperation for speedy development .The pacts will be inked after the delegation level talks between the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and the South Korean President on Monday.<br/><br/>AIR Correspondent reports that Civil Nuclear cooperation will be high on the agenda of talks between the visiting South Korean President and Indian Leaders. This will finally pave the way for signing of Civil Nuclear Cooperation agreement.<br/><br/>The South Korean President will hold discussions with a host of Indian leaders.They include UPA Chairperson Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, Leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha Mrs. Sushma Swaraj. He will call on the President Mrs. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil and exchange views with the Vice President Mohd Hamid Ansari apart from addressing the captains of industry.<br/><br/>The two countries have already signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement that paved the way for increase in the bilateral trade volume by 15 percent annually. It is at present is 15.6 billion US dollars.
News On AIR | January 25, 2010 4:12 PM
S Korea calls for greater partnership with India in economic, political, cultural areas