Trade between Namibia, India to be strengthened

KHARAR, Feb 18: The trade ties between Namibia and India would be strengthened in order to ensure its benefit to both the countries. This...

KHARAR, Feb 18: The trade ties between Namibia and India would be strengthened in order to ensure its benefit to both the countries. This was stated by Namibian Minister for Trade and Industry Hidipo Hamutenya while talking to mediapersons at Punjab Tractors Limited (PTL) at Chappar Chiri village, about five km from here this morning.

A seven-member team from Namibia, led by the Minister, today visited the PTL factory. The team interacted with the executives of PTL, a public sector manufacturing house of tractors and harvesting combine machines, and visited several factory units, where tractors and harvesting combine machines were being manufactured. Hamunteya showed keen interest in the manufacturing process and witnessed the working of harvesting combine machines.

Executive Director of PTL Harbhajan Singh and vice-president P.L. Sharma assisted the team during their visit to the factory.

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The Namibian Minister said that team had come to New Delhi to visit the International Trade Fair and collect requisite information about different development projects, trade and industry.

Dantago N. Hoabeb, General Manager, Namibia Industrial Development Corporation, said that the team would call on Punjab Chief Minister before finalising the terms for trade pact between the two countries.

The team comprised Jeol Kaapanda, Namibian High Commissioner to India, P.P.S Haer, Indian High Commissioner to Namibia, Dantago N. Hoabeb, General Manager, Namibia Industrial Development Corporation, N.S. Narula, M. Ndilula and A. Frai, journalists from Namibian Broadcasting Corporation.

In an interview to Namibian Broadcasting Corporation, the PTL executive director said that so far PTL had exported tractors to seven countries and had got positive response from them.

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Later, the team visited a dairy farm set up by a progressive farmer Karnail Singh in the nearby Chunni Machhli village. Agriculture Minister Gurdev Singh Badal was also scheduled to accompany the team but was unable to do so because of some important engagements.