New Delhi, Nov 10: Describing India as an "important
country", Swiss President Pascal Couchepin today said his
country is keen to have "brain exchanges" between the two
countries and not a "brain drain".
"Instead of doing brain drain as other countries are
trying to do, we do not want that. We want to have a brain
exchange programme," Swiss President Pascal Couchepin said
here today.
Talking to reporters after ceremonial reception on the
forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan here, he said "India is an
important country and we have to take this into account in all
negotiations including the WTO. It is therefore very important
that we know what is happening in India and what the leaders
of this country think and also what we can do to make this
world better."
Couchepin, who was received by President A P J Abdul
Kalam, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, HRD Minister Murli
Manohar Joshi and External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha,
besides senior officials and diplomats, said "we know the huge
potential of India and what it has accomplished in the field
of research and technology."
The Swiss leader heads a delegation, which includes his
cabinet members, on a week's visit to the country.
Bureau Report
