New impetus was given to economic and commercial relations between Greece and India, Greek National Economy and Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis said on Monday, reviewing the results of a large business delegation to New Delhi last week.

Alogoskoufis said that there would be continuity in the effort to advance the relations between the two countries, announcing that Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis would also visit India later in 2007, while a date for the Indian president's visit to Greece will also be finalized soon.

At the same time, he continued, the Hellenic Exports Promotion Organization (HEPO) was planning five more business missions to India.

Alogoskoufis had meetings with Indian Minister of Finance Palaniappan Chidambaram, Minister of Foreign Affairs Anand Sharma, and Minister of Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath, discussing issues concerning the global economy, India-EU relations, tourism as well as the liberalization of trade.

The minister added that two agreements has been signed between the Greek business delegation and their India partner.

Source: Xinhua