Inaugurating the Czech republic visa application centre in the city on Friday, Milan Hovorka, the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to India, said bilateral trade between India and the Czech Republic stood at $1.2 billion in 2015.
He said the Czech prime minister would visit India later this year and the diplomatic modalities were being worked out.
With the opening of the centre at Ethiraj Salai in Egmore, the applicants would no longer need to travel to Mumbai, New Delhi or Bengaluru to apply for a Schengen visa.Around 15 Indian companies were doing business in that country in the fields of iron and steel, automobile, IT, textiles, and pharmacy.
He said Chennai topped the list in a survey on the preferred city done among travel agents.
with travel agents on which city would be preferred to launch a visa center Chennai topped the list. A number of Czech companies and experts have worked with Heavy Engineering Corporation. Skoda Power has been a technology licensor to BHEL. The now defunct Jawa established itself strongly in Indian market for decades with its popular Yezdi model (which means "it runs!"). Even now, the Czech Republic is spontaneously associated in India with world-famous Czech brands, such as Skoda, Tatra, Bata or Zetor. Since 2001, trade exchange between these two countries has been growing substantially, as proved by the fact that their mutual trade turnover has risen tenfold the envoy said.
He said the Indian market has become one of the most important destinations for Czech companies. India's role in Czech foreign trade is steadily growing thanks to the India's strong embarkation on liberalization process as the exponential growth of Indian economy has created opportunities for EU and Czech companies. India has become the second largest Asian trade partner of the Czech Republic, Milan Hovorka said.
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