As India’s second largest trading partner in the European Union, Belgium is increasingly looking towards India for investments. Two-way trade, dominated by diamonds, stands at €13 billion. Now, as both countries seek greater business cooperation, new areas of investment can be infrastructure, education, railways and nuclear waste management.
On January 16, Gateway Hosted a meeting on Strengthening India-Belgium Relations with Ambassador Jehanne Roccas, Director for South and East Asia, Oceania, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium.
Ambassador Roccas was in conversation with Director Neelam Deo.
The meeting was the 4th of the Gateway House EU series meeting.
Ambassador Jehanne Roccas is the Director for South and East Asia, Oceania, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium. A career diplomat, she has served as Consul General of Belgium to Saint Petersburg and Bosnia-Herzegovina. She has also been the Belgian Ambassador to Croatia. She has served as Economic Counsellor at the Royal Palace and was the Spokesperson at the King’s Cabinet. Prior to which she was Attaché at the Permanent representation to the United Nations in Geneva. Ambassador Roccas has a Master’s degree in Law from the Free University of Brussels.
Neelam Deo is director at Gateway House, prior to which she served as consul general in New York. She has been the Indian ambassador to Denmark and Ivory Coast with concurrent accreditation to several West African countries. She has served in Indian embassies in Washington D.C, Bangkok and Rome. During her assignments in the Ministry of External Affairs, she was joint secretary for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and the Maldives. Neelam Deo holds a graduate degree from the Delhi School of Economics.
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