First Round of Negotiations on the Japan-India Economic Partnership Agreement

January 26, 2007

1. The First Round of Negotiations on the Japan-India Economic Partnership (EPA) will be held from January 31 (Wed) to February 2 (Fri) in New Delhi, India.
2. In this Round, Mr. Masaharu Kono, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, (Chief Negotiator) and officials from other relevant ministries of Japan and Mr. Gopal Krishna Pillai, Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, (Chief Negotiator) and officials from other relevant ministries of India will respectively participate.
3. At the Round, there will be discussions on the "Framework of the negotiations", including the scope and modalities of the negotiations. The participants will also exchange opinions on major areas for negotiations, such as trade in goods, trade in services and investment.

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