The Indian delegation was led by Sanjay Singh, secretary (east) external affairs ministry, while the Korean side was led by Ahn Ho-young, first vice minister in the ministry of foreign affairs and trade.
Both the sides have decided to encourage enhanced engagement in civil nuclear energy cooperation apart from the launch of Korean satellites by India. The other discussion was a cluster of regional and global issues, including the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
Both India and South Korea also agreed to accelerate work on upgrading their comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) to ensure that it reflected current realities.
The India-South Korea Bilateral trade and CEPA
The Bilateral trade soared up by 70 percent to $20.5 billion in 2011
since the implementation of the CEPA since the last two years.South Korea expressed interest in opening a new consulate general in Chennai while welcoming India's decision to open a new defence Office at its embassy in Seoul before the end of the year,2012.
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