The Minister will also speak on “India-The New Economic Paradigm” at the International Foreign Relations Institute (IFRI) in Paris tomorrow and participate in the Destination India event (India-France Investment Meet) organised by the FICCI / CII and Medef on 1st June, 2006.
France is India's fifth largest trading partner in the EU and Indo-French trade has been growing over the years. India's two-way trade with France is about us $ 3 billion (2004-05), growing by 26 Percent annually.
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