External Affairs Minister External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Norwegian counterpart Borge Brende, co-chairing the Joint Commission Meeting here, decided to hold a bilateral dialogue on trade and investments to explore untapped opportunities.
The meeting, fifth in series, reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral ties and explored ways to step up engagement in range of areas. Norway evinced interest in participating in Make in India initiative, smart cities and clean Ganga projects and development of ports, official sources said.
India has been eyeing to get entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Missile Technology Control Regime, the Wassenaar Arrangement and the Australia Group.
Swaraj also thanked Norway for helping India get observer status of the Arctic Council, an inter-governmental forum that addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments.
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In the meeting, Swaraj also referred to Norway's huge pension fund and sought possibility of investment from it in India.
India and Norway enjoy close and friendly relations marked by high-level visits, commercial exchanges and people-to-people contacts.
President Pranab Mukherjee had visited Norway in October last year.
During his three-day visit, the Norwegian Foreign Minister will go to Mumbai tomorrow where the Consulate General of Norway would be re-opened on November 3.
The relations between India and Norway have been on an upswing.
There has been a substantial growth in economic and commercial relations between the two countries in recent years especially in areas such as oil and gas, shipping and maritime industries, renewable energy and service sectors.