India-Kenya Joint Trade Committee meet on Oct 13

New Delhi, Oct 12: The 6th India-Kenya Joint Trade Committee (JTC) will meet in the Nairobi, on Wednesday, Oct 13 and both the nations are expected to talk about strengthening bilateral trade, investment and economic cooperation.

Indian Commerce Minister, Anand Sharma, will address the meeting and inaugurate the "India-East Africa Business Forum" and "Namaskar Africa" show on Thursday, Oct 14.

The events are being organized jointly by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and COMESA Business Council.

Anand Sharma is scheduled to meet Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, Prime Minister Raila Odinga and many other ministers of Kenya.

The JTC was set up at ministerial level in 1983 as a follow-up to the India-Kenya Trade Agreement signed in 1981, under which both countries accorded the most favoured nation status to each other.

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