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Top European Commission official to visits India

Brussels, Oct. 25, 2004 (INEP)

Eneko Landaburu, Director General for External Affairs at the European Commission, embarks on a three-day visit to India on Tuesday to discuss European Union (EU)-India relations with Indian government officials.

This is his first official visit to India and comes only two weeks before the EU-India summit which is to be held at the Hague on November 8, EU sources told INEP in Brussels. Landaburu, whose rank is of secretary level, will pay a courtesy visit to the Indian Minister for External Affairs K. Natwar Singh and hold talks with the Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran.

Landaburu will also visit Jaipur to discuss a partnership programme with local officials. The EU has two partnership programmes worth 160 million euros with Rajasthan and Chattisgarh on education, health and environment.

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