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Brussels to host EU-India business summit in October

Brussels, April 29: A business partnership summit between India and the European Union (EU) will be held here October 1-3 to build a strategic partnership between India and the 27-member bloc, organisors of the event said Wednesday.

The three-day summit titled "India Calling 2009" will be organised by the Mumbai-based Indian Merchants' Chamber (IMC) in association with the Brussels-based Europe India Chamber of Commerce (EICC) and Belgo-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

"The objectives of the conference are to show what India is, what India can offer, and how we can do bilateral trade together as partners," Gul Kripalani, the president-elect of IMC, told EuAsiaNews in an interview.