SRINAGAR: Canadian High Commissioner in India Stewart Beck Monday morning called on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here and discussed various matters of mutual interest with him.
The High Commissioner was accompanied by Head of the Political and Economic Programme, Johanne, Senior Analyst in the Privy Council Office at Ottawa, Jawad Qureshi and Senior Analyst in the Political and Economic Programme of the High Commission of Canada, Madhsri Dass.
Matters pertaining to revival of tourism, peace and economic development besides initiatives taken by the State and the Central Governments for inclusive development in Jammu and Kashmir also came up in the meeting.
Mr Beck later met Governor N. N. Vohra at Raj Bhavan.
During their hour long meeting, the Governor and the High Commissioner of Canada discussed, interalia, various matters, particularly the close ties between India and Canada, and the high potential of further enhancing and strengthening cooperation between the two countries.
Dwelling on the progress achieved by the State in different arenas in the past few years, the Governor hoped to see joint J&K Canadian ventures materializing in the near future.
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