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The external affairs minister also expressed satisfaction over his visit to Singapore and said he has exchanged views on regional and bilateral issues with the leaders here.
Updated : Mar 26, 2010, 07:47 PM IST
External affairs minister SM Krishna today said he will travel to
Krishna, who is on an official visit to this city-state, said he was looking forward to his
"I am looking forward to the April 7 visit to China which would held further reaffirm the strong bilateral ties between India and China," he told reporters here.
About the boundary issue with
The minister also expressed satisfaction over his visit to
During the visit,
Jayakumar, deputy prime minister and defence minister Teo Chee Hean.
He held wide-ranging discussions with his counterpart George Yeo.
Krishna also met with some 200 Indian businessmen and expatriate community at a reception and applauded their contribution to the
Addressing the Indian community, he said the fiscal year 2009-10 was a challenging year for the Indian economy.
"The significant deceleration in the second half of 2008-09 on account of global financial crisis and economic recession brought the real GDP growth down to 6.7%, from an average of over 9% in the preceding three years," he said.
It was also a year of reckoning for the policymakers, who had taken a calculated risk in providing substantial fiscal expansion to counter the negative fallout of the global slowdown,
He also hoped that the visa on arrival scheme for
Krishna was hosted to a dinner by