India extends assistance to Colombia in capacity building

India today offered assistance to Colombia in its post-peace process reconstruction and rehabilitation during a meeting between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Colombian counterpart Maria Angela Holguin here.
During the meeting, Swaraj and the visiting minister held discussions on a wide-range of issues of shared common interest to further expand and strengthen bilateral relations, the external affairs ministry said.
"India and Colombia enjoy close and cordial bilateral relations. The economic cooperation is deepening... India has extended assistance to Colombia in capacity building under its ITEC programme and expressed readiness to extend cooperation in the post peace process reconstruction and rehabilitation," the ministry said in a statement.

The Colombian government is implementing a peace accord that promises to keep the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) off the battlefield and out of the illicit economy.
The visiting delegation also met with the commerce and industry minister, and undertook a comprehensive review of trade and investment issues discussed during the meetings of Joint Committee on Business Development Cooperation (JCBD) and Joint Working Group on Trade and Investment held at Bogota in May.