
National Assembly Speaker Cho Jung-sik met with Indian Ambassador to Korea Goranglal Das and discussed ways to expand exchanges between the two countries' parliaments, support for Korean companies entering India, and cooperation in the shipbuilding and defense industries.
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The Speaker of the Korean National Assembly and the Indian Ambassador to Korea met to discuss economic and diplomatic cooperation between the two countries.
"India's goal is to become one of the top five Joseon countries... Ambassador Das hopes to expand people-to-people exchanges, etc."
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Gyeong-jun = National Assembly Speaker Jo Jung-sik met with Indian Ambassador to Korea Goranglal Das at the Speaker's office on the 13th and discussed ways to expand exchanges between the two countries' parliaments.
At the meeting that day, Chairman Cho said, "India is emerging as a center of the world economy with a population of 1.4 billion and a high economic growth rate. Cooperation with India, which shares the values of democracy and market economy, is very important for Korea as well."
Chairman Cho said, “Currently, more than 700 Korean companies are doing business in India, and the amount of investment is increasing,” and asked, “I ask the Ambassador to pay a lot of attention to activate the fast track to support the resolution of difficulties faced by companies doing business in India.”
He continued, "As India aims to become one of the world's top five shipbuilding countries by 2047, we hope to achieve great results by combining Korea's shipbuilding technology with India's growth potential," and added, "Please pay a lot of attention to the defense industry cooperation between the two countries."
In response, Ambassador Das said, "I am grateful for your deep interest in the special strategic partnership between the two countries and for presenting a vision for future cooperation," and added, "I hope that the Korean National Assembly will continue to show interest in the development of the relationship between the two countries, including the expansion of people-to-people exchanges."

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