Mamata Banerjee meets foreign diplomats keen to invest in West Bengal

KOLKATA: Diplomats from the countries like Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Costa Rica and El Salvador met West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee here on Saturday and expressed their eagerness to invest in West Bengal in sectors like IT, fruit processing, tourism and mining. The meeting held at the state administrative headquarters in Writers' Buildings.

After the meeting, Mamata told reporters that these countries had agreed to organise a food and cultural festival in Kolkata during November to attract the people about their products and industry.

"I am very happy with today's meeting with these foreign country diplomats. They are very keen to invest in our state in the sectors like IT, tourism, mining and fruit processing. We will hold talks with them again to speed up the process of investment," Mamata told reporters on Saturday.