Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said achieving progress in civil nuclear cooperation and encouraging Japanese companies to invest in his country will be high on the agenda during his trip to Japan this week.
"It will be my effort to use this visit to strengthen our strategic and global partnership, which also includes trying to reach an agreement with regard to civil nuclear energy cooperation," Singh told reporters Saturday in New Delhi. "I do recognize there are problems in Japan and there are elections to the Upper House which take place later this year. But I do hope that we can make progress in the civil nuclear energy cooperation (field)."
Singh, who will arrive Monday for a four-day visit, also called on Japanese industry to contribute to India's economy, which is forecast to grow by 6 to 6.5 percent this year and potentially 8 percent over the next couple of years.