Biggest-ever business delegation from Western Australia to visit Vizag

Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh is set to receive a 90-member business delegation from Western Australia to Visakhapatnam on July 16 to explore the mutual avenues of collaboration and partnerships in investment, trade & exports.

This is the most ambitious investment and trade mission so far since Australia re-opened its international border.

This visit has been earmarked as a significant one in view of the resumption of the India-Australia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) between India and Australia, which reaffirmed both countries' commitment to liberalise and deepen bilateral trade in goods and services.

The main objective of the visit is to focus on strengthening government and industry connections, unlocking opportunities for WA businesses in the Indian market, and promoting the State as a destination for tourists, students, talent, events, business and investments, a senior official of APIIC said.

The delegation has planned eight-day stay in India from July 12 to 19. The team will travel to Delhi, Mumbai, Visakhapatnam and Chennai.

There will be about 90 business leaders from more than 60 organisations comprising mining, minerals & mining equipment technology services (METS), education & training and energy.

The delegation is led by Roger Cook, Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development; Jobs and Trade; Tourism; Commerce; Science and David Templeman, Minister for International Education and Culture and the Arts.

During the one-day event, the delegates will participate in an extensive programme of activities, including government and corporate meetings, site visits, industry briefings and roundtables, one-to-one business matching and networking events with Indian government and industry representatives in Vizag.

Further to strengthen the bilateral relations between the two parties, a letter of Intent has been proposed to promote closer engagements between the both parties in the fields of education and training, primary industries, mining and METS, energy, health and medical life sciences, tourism and creative industries, officials said.

The visit is expected to help the government to work in tandem on the "window of opportunity" for forging new investment opportunities in various thrust sectors of the State.

Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy, Minister for Energy, Forest, Environment, Science & Technology, Mines & Geology, Botcha Satyanarayan, Minister for Education, Buggana Rajendranath Reddy, Minister for Finance, Planning, and Legislative Affairs, Skill Development, Gudivada Amarnath, Minister for Industries & Commerce, Infrastructure & Investment & IT will represent AP.

The delegation will also meet various industry associations and conduct bilateral meetings to strengthen the trade relations with the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

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