INDIAN COMMERCE MINISTER TO VISIT MALAYSIA FROM FEB 17-19

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 (Bernama) -- India's Minister of Commerce and Industry,
Anand Sharma, will visit Malaysia from Feb 17-19, 2011 to sign the Comprehensive
Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA).

In a statement Wednesday, the Indian High Commission in Malaysia said the
signing ceremony on Feb 18 will be witnessed by Prime Minister Najib Razak.

The CECA is a free-trade agreement which covers trade in goods and services and
investment as well as economic cooperation.

Sharma will pay a courtesy call on Najib and hold bilateral meeting with
counterpart, International Trade and Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamed.

He will meet officials of the Malaysia-India Business Council, led by Krishnan
Tan and the Consortium of Indian Industries in Malaysia, led by Umang Sharma.

Sharma will be accompanied by a high-level business delegation led by B.
Muthuraman, president of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), who is also
vice chairman of Tata Steel.

Other members of the delegation are Chandrajit Banerjee (CII
director-general);
Suneeta Reddy (chairperson, Aircel Cellular Ltd);
Manish Singhal (executive director, Bharat Earth Movers Ltd);
Debashis Sarkar (general manager of Coal India Ltd);
P.S. Nair (chief executive officer -- corporate (airports sector), Delhi
International Airport);
Deep Kapuria (chairman/managing director of Hi-Tech Gears Ltd);
Ranganathan Venkata Sheshan (CEO of MAS GMR Aerospace Engineering Co Ltd);and,
Dr Mukesh Aghi (CEO of Steria India Ltd).

The business delegation will pay a courtesy call on Mustapa and hold meetings
with the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers and the Malaysian Investment
Development Authority.
-- BERNAMA