State Visit To India 2-12 november 2008

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Belgium's King Albert II arrives on state visit next week

King of Belgium Albert II will arrive at New Delhi on Monday on a ten-day State visit during which economic and academic relationships with India are expected to get a major boost.

The king will be accompanied by Queen Paola, Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht and high-level business and academic delegations, including CEOs of key Belgian companies and top officials of universities of the European nation.

The visiting dignitaries will meet President Pratibha Patil and hold discussions with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 4th November.

Patil will host a banquet in the honour of the King and his delegation.


A series of commercial agreements between Belgian and Indian companies will be signed during the State visit.

Varsities of the two countries will ink "strategic" memoranda of understanding to create a framework for more intensive people-to-people relations.


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