New Delhi/Brussels, May 15 (UNI) Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, who is in Brussels, discussed the modalities of engagement for a free trade agreement with representatives of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) States – that comprise Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland.
During a Ministerial meeting held in Brussels on Sunday, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal; Guy Parmelin, Swiss Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research; Einar Gunnarsson, Ambassador, Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of Iceland in Geneva; Kurt Jäger, Ambassador, Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to EFTA, WTO and the UN in Geneva, and Erik Andreas Underland, Specialist Director at the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Fisheries, discussed the modalities of engagement for working towards a comprehensive TEPA.
This second Ministerial meeting followed a series of expert meetings that took place online the previous week.