India, March 19 -- Iceland's envoy to India Benedikt Hoskuldsson has appreciated the Indian government's initiatives towards promoting gender parity and empowerment and said his nation is looking forward to further deepen cooperation with New Delhi in this sector.

In an interview with ANI, Ambassador Hoskuldsson said, "We take gender very seriously, it's a part of our identity and our society."

He said that he observed in India that gender is a very important part of the society.

"I am very proud and happy to be here. India is doing very good work on the issue of gender, and we would like to support them in this," he said.

"Iceland and India and other countries can work together in achieving what we need to achieve because gender equa...