Switzerland on Friday extended its support to India to strengn its fight against terrorism in all its manifestations as President Ram Nath Kovind held talks with his Swiss counterpart Ueli Maurer and conveyed to him that his country has been a victim of state-sponsored terrorism for deces. 

Switzerland and India's stance on terrorism

During delegation-level talks led by Kovind and Maurer, two sides agreed that terrorism poses a grave challenge to humanity, President's Secretariat tweeted. In an apparent reference to Pakistan, Kovind conveyed to Swiss delegation that India has been a victim of state-sponsored terrorism for deces. 

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Ties between India and Switzerland cemented

India and Switzerland also expressed a strong commitment to strengn ecomic and techlogy ties. two countries also signed three agreements on technical cooperation on climate change, science and techlogy alliance and renewal of Hindi Chair at University of Lausanne. Later dressing India-Switzerland Business Roundtable, Kovind said Indian and Swiss startups should collaborate to d value to each or. 

"We are home to third-largest Start-up network in world with over 21,000 enterprises. Our 30 unicorns are valued at over 90 billion US dollars. Swiss Start-up ecosystem is equally impressive. We must join hands and d value to each or," he said.

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President ted that Swiss business is increasingly engaging in India. "Today, re are over 250 Swiss companies present in India. It includes different business models - from sales to manufacturing for exports to third countries. This operational diversity reflects confidence of Swiss investors in Indian ecomy," Kovind said. Switzerland is home to high-end techlogy and India is producing world-class human capital, he said, ding, "two ecomies are highly complementary". 

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"re is vast scope to combine our relative vants in capital, techlogy, science and skills for mutual benefit. We have received Swiss participation in our flagship Make in India, Smart Cities, Digital India, Clean India, Startup India and Skill India programmes," Kovind said, welcoming Swiss companies to furr invest and eng in India's transformation and growth. 

Kovind, who reached Berne on Thursday, is on second leg of his nine-day three-nation tour to Iceland, Switzerland and Slovenia. 

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