Agriculture and food processing are a cornerstone of our commercial bilateral relations. India and Italy will co-chair on the 27th of February in Delhi the first Joint Working Group meeting on Agri-business and food processing, convened by our two Prime Ministers in their Joint Declaration dated 30th October 2018. A delegation headed by Italy’s Vice Minister of Economic Development, Professor Michele Geraci, accompanied by relevant associations of industry and companies, will exchange views with their Indian counterparts headed by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, on the definition of an even more comprehensive cooperation in the field of food processing. The Italian representatives will moreover pay a visit to a Mega Food Park, in order to explore the potential of such innovative productive structures.

—H.E. Mr Lorenzo Angeloni, Ambassador of Italy to India