Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday sought New
Zealand’s cooperation in the dairy industry during a bilateral meeting with his
New Zealand counterpart John Key in Washington.
The prime minister talked about our interest in having dairy technology from New Zealand.Vikas Swarup, external affairs ministry spokesman
Modi’s meeting with Key was held on the sidelines of the
fourth and final edition of the biennial Nuclear Security Summit, the first of
which was held in 2010.
As you know, New Zealand is one of the world leaders in food processing. Prime minister said that India is one of the world’s largest producers of milk.Vikas Swarup, external affairs ministry spokesman
Modi said that when it came to processing milk, India was
not too good and New Zealand could find a very good market in India since the
food processing industry has been enabled to obtain 100 percent foreign direct
investment (FDI).
Discussions between the Indian and New Zealand prime ministers also involved trade issues.
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