New Delhi, Nov. 7 -- India and Finland held the 13th round of Foreign Office Consultations in Helsinki, co-chaired by Secretary (West) Sibi George and Permanent State Secretary Jukka Salovaara. Both sides reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral cooperation and agreed to further strengthen ties across key sectors such as trade and investment, digitalization, quantum computing, 5G/6G, artificial intelligence, sustainability, clean technologies, circular economy, education, research and development, and people-to-people mobility.

India reaffirmed its view of Finland as a valued partner in the EU and the Nordic region, while the Finnish side reiterated its support for the early conclusion of the India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The two si...