New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said the India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) marks a major shift in India's trade engagement and will significantly deepen bilateral ties.

Quoting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in whose presence the trade agreement was signed yesterday in Oman, Goyal said that the prime minister rightly stated that the India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) will energise bilateral engagement for the 21st century.

Goyal described the agreement as strategically important for India's long-term economic and geopolitical interests.

Highlighting Oman's position in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the commerce minister noted that I...