S. Jaishankar, the minister of external affairs, emphasized on Wednesday that there has been a lot of new activity and energy in the Indo-Portuguese relationship in a number of sectors and that trade and investment are undoubtedly major motivators. At a press conference in Portugal, Jaishankar and his Portuguese counterpart Joao Cravinho jointly gave a statement and covered a range of topics pertaining to the relationship between India and Portugal. He went on to say that Portuguese IT companies have become well-known in India. Jaishankar also expressed happiness that Amul, the largest milk and dairy company in India, is the team’s first Indian regional sponsor. Amul is the Portuguese national football team.
“I’m happy to see Amul, the main milk and dairy company, is the first Indian regional sponsor of the Portuguese national football team,” he said.
Earlier in the morning, Jaishankar called on Portugal President Augusto Santos Silva. “We had a discussion on our political and parliamentary exchanges that I value very much. In our own meeting today, we have had a very detailed assessment of our bilateral partnership,” he said.
He further said, “We are going to ask our joint economic committee to follow up on some of our discussion and see what more we could be doing in health, pharmaceuticals and renewable energy.”
