India, Dec. 3 -- MUMBAI - His Excellency Mr. Kimmo Lahdevirta, Ambassador of Finland to India, successfully led a high-level delegation of Finnish companies on a strategic two-day visit to Mumbai from December 1-2. The visit aimed to strengthen Finland's investment and trade partnership with India, leveraging the rapid progress in India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations to open new and vital avenues for collaboration between Finnish expertise and India's development priorities.

India and Finland share a robust and rapidly expanding commercial relationship, underscored by an annual trade volume of around €3 billion.

Maharashtra was highlighted as a critical point of entry and a key catalyst for bolstering regional trade and ...