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New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil today embarked on a week-long visit to South Korea and Mongolia during which she will hold discussions with her two counterparts on a wide range of issues like civil nuclear cooperation, trade and defence.Patil will stay in Korea till July 26 and then visit Mongolia from July 27-30.
Her visit is part of India's 'Look East Policy' to further mutual relationships with the countries known for manufacturing variety of home appliances and rich minerals besides other natural resources.
Besides meeting her counterparts in the two nations, she will attend a host of programmes. A number of important
agreements will also be signed at both Seoul and Ulaanbaatar.
Patil will meet the business community in South Korea, which is home to various IT companies and home appliances giants including LG, Samsung and Daewoo.
South Korea with a GDP of about USD 1 trillion is spread in 99,327 sqkm area, approximately 12 per cent larger
than West Bengal, and has 48.7 million population. The trade between India and Korea touched the USD 17 billion mark in
2010.
The President will also strongly pitch for a civil nuclear cooperation with her Korean counterpart during the visit.
The Indian community in Seoul is estimated to be about 8,000 and over 1,000 IT professionals and engineers are
working in Korea. Besides, about 500 Indian scientists or post-doctoral scholars are doing research in that country.
She will also pay floral tributes at the statue of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore in Seoul. The statue was inaugurated by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar during her visit to South Korea in May as part of the poet's 150th birth anniversary celebrations.PTI
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Her visit is part of India's 'Look East Policy' to further mutual relationships with the countries known for manufacturing variety of home appliances and rich minerals besides other natural resources.
Besides meeting her counterparts in the two nations, she will attend a host of programmes. A number of important
agreements will also be signed at both Seoul and Ulaanbaatar.
Patil will meet the business community in South Korea, which is home to various IT companies and home appliances giants including LG, Samsung and Daewoo.
South Korea with a GDP of about USD 1 trillion is spread in 99,327 sqkm area, approximately 12 per cent larger
than West Bengal, and has 48.7 million population. The trade between India and Korea touched the USD 17 billion mark in
2010.
The President will also strongly pitch for a civil nuclear cooperation with her Korean counterpart during the visit.
The Indian community in Seoul is estimated to be about 8,000 and over 1,000 IT professionals and engineers are
working in Korea. Besides, about 500 Indian scientists or post-doctoral scholars are doing research in that country.
She will also pay floral tributes at the statue of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore in Seoul. The statue was inaugurated by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar during her visit to South Korea in May as part of the poet's 150th birth anniversary celebrations.PTI
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