Surat: Chamber of Commerce officials held a meeting with the Consul General of Singapore and Honorary Consul of Ghana in Mumbai. Loktej Surat, Business News

South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Ramesh Vaghasia and Honorary Minister Nikhil Madrasi on Monday as part of the SGCCI Global Connect Mission 84. On 4 December 2003, the Consulate General of the Republic of Singapore in Mumbai met with Consul General Ming Foong Cheong in Mumbai. A meeting was then held with Premal Lokhandwala, Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Ghana, Mumbai.

Chamber President Ramesh Vaghasia gave detailed information about the Mission 84 project to the above two Consul Generals and discussed in detail the need and importance of this project to strengthen the economy of his country including India. He said that to increase exports from India, the Chamber of Commerce has created an online international platform under the Mission 84 project, through which efforts are being made to connect 84,000 entrepreneurs from India and 84,000 traders doing business in different countries of the world. Similarly, meetings are being held to bring 84 Chambers of Commerce of India and Chambers of Commerce of 84 countries on this online international platform.

Another important aspect of this project is that efforts are being made to include on this portal the Consuls General of 84 countries serving in India and the Ambassadors representing India in 84 countries of the world. So that the traders not only from South Gujarat including Surat but from Gujarat and across India can get guidance about the business opportunities in those countries and the laws and regulations there, under which meetings are being held with the Consul General of various countries operating in India. Are.

The Chamber President told the Consul General of Singapore in Mumbai and Honorary Consul of Ghana in Mumbai that when various Consul General offices are holding meetings with businessmen from different countries, he requested the Chamber officials to take the opportunity to promote the mission . In these meetings, he also requested the businessmen of their countries to come in direct contact with the industrialists and businessmen of Surat, so that bilateral trade between the two countries can be strengthened and through this, both the countries can achieve economic development. Can achieve development. For this he requested the Consul General of Singapore and Honorary Consul of Ghana to join him on his online international portal to support Mission 84.

Ming Foong Cheong, Consul General of Singapore, Mumbai and Premal Lokhandwala, Honorary Consul of Ghana, Mumbai, assured the Chamber of Commerce’s full support to the Mission 84 project. Apart from this, in the meeting with the businessmen of their countries, they also showed readiness to promote this project. The Chamber President invited him to Surat for a business meeting with various industrialists under the aegis of the Chamber of Commerce, which he gladly accepted. As a result of this meeting, business delegations from both the countries will come to Surat in future and from Surat, a delegation of businessmen from South Gujarat will go to Singapore and Ghana under the aegis of the Chamber of Commerce.

The Chamber President further said that Singapore is participating in Vibrant Gujarat-2024 and they will have a stall there, hence the Consul General of Singapore invited the officials and members including the President of the Chamber of Commerce to visit their stall. Furthermore, he invited a delegation of businessmen exporting food products from India to visit Singapore as Singapore has a huge need for food products. At the same time, the Chamber President had invited the Consul General of Singapore to the managers and officers of international finance companies from Singapore to visit Surat.

Premal Lokhandwala, Honorary Consul of Ghana in Mumbai, said that Ghana wants to benefit from India’s services in many sectors, hence he urged the Chamber President to bring a delegation of businessmen from Surat to Ghana under the aegis of the Chamber of Commerce. Ghana has a positive attitude towards international trade, which he urged Indian businessmen to take advantage of.