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Prabhu meets top business leaders in Stockholm

New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI) Commerce and Industry MinisterSuresh Prabhu today said he met top business leaders ofcompanies, including H&M and AstraZene...

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New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI) Commerce and Industry MinisterSuresh Prabhu today said he met top business leaders ofcompanies, including H&M and AstraZeneca, in Stockholm anddiscussed investment opportunities in India.

"Met H&M team led by Mr Fredrik Olsson, CEO. Discussionson future collaborations in skill development, fashion design,sourcing from India," Prabhu said in a series of tweets.

He discussed with Leif Johansson, the Chairman ofAstraZeneca ways to bring advanced technology in the countryin sectors such as biotech, pharma and telecom.

Prabhu also held meeting with Jan Secher, President andCEO, Perstorp.

"Discussed possibilities of setting up greenfieldchemicals manufacturing facility in India," he added.

The minister is visiting Stockholm for the 'Make inIndia: Sweden 2017' event organised by the ministry.

According to a tweet by Make in India, a twitter handlemanaged by the ministry, India and Sweden aim to boostbilateral economic ties to USD 5 billion by 2017. The two-waytrade was USD 2.5 billion in 2014-15. PTI RR CSMR.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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