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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
07NEWDELHI4766	2007-10-29 01:07	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	Embassy New Delhi

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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 NEW DELHI 004766 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC KGHG SENV
ENRG, GM, IN 
SUBJECT: ANGELA MERKEL TO FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, 
BUSINESS, AND SCIENCE IN INDIA 
 
NEW DELHI 00004766  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
¶1.  (U) SUMMARY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be 
accompanied by a large private business delegation when she 
visits New Delhi October 29, and her visit will focus on 
Indo-German bilateral ties rather than EU and multilateral 
issues such as the NSG. German and Indian officials are 
expected to discuss climate change and to sign several 
agreements on science and technology cooperation during her 
four-day stay in New Delhi and Mumbai. END SUMMARY. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) German PolCouns Karin Stoll confirmed to Poloff 
October 24 that German Chancellor Merkel will be accompanied 
by a 30-member private business delegation when she visits 
New Delhi October 29. The German business delegation will 
include top officials from companies like EADS, Lufthansa, 
Volkswagen and SAP.  During her two day sojourn in New Delhi 
Merkel will attempt to focus on Indo-German bilateral ties 
rather than EU and multilateral issues such as the Nuclear 
Supplier's Group.  "Our side won't be the one to bring up the 
nuclear deal," commented Stoll.  German Ambassador Bernd 
Mutzelburg told PolCouns that Merkel will use her audience 
with Prime Minister Singh to discuss climate change. 
 
-- Germany Increasingly Wants to do Business with India -- 
 
¶3. (U) Germany and India have markedly improved their 
economic ties in the recent past.  Indo-German trade jumped 
22 percent to Euro 6.22 billion in 2004, the same year that 
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Prime Minister Singh 
announced a concerted effort to increase two-way trade to 
Euro 10 billion by 2010. Both sides surpassed this goal when 
they increased bilateral trade by 39 percent in 2006. 
Germany is now India's largest trading partner in Europe with 
total trade of Euro 10.55 billion in 2006 and Euro 5.37 
billion in the first six months of 2007, according to the 
MEA's Berlin website. By way of comparison, Indo-U.S. trade 
for 2006 was over USD 31 billion. 
 
¶4. (U) According to Indian media, Volkswagen has plans to 
open an automobile plant in Maharashtra, and the German IT 
firm SAP plans to increase its existing investment in India 
by USD one billion and to use India as an outsourcing hub for 
one quarter of its global R&D.  Munich Re, a large German 
insurance company, will reportedly take advantage of Merkel's 
visit to explore a foray into non-life, non-health insurance 
sectors in India.  The GOI limits Foreign Direct Investment 
(FDI) in the insurance sector to 26 percent.  Foreign 
insurance companies, including New York Life, have entered 
into the Indian market as junior joint venture partners. 
Christoph Heugsen, Merkel's Foreign Policy and Security 
Advisor, commented to media October 24 that "The visit to 
India is among the most important for Merkel," and "she will 
be spending more time there than she has in any other 
country." 
 
-- Germany Keen to Share Science and Tech Experience -- 
 
¶5. (SBU) German Science and Technology Counselor Heinz Wirth 
confirmed that Merkel will be accompanied by high level 
science representatives, including at least one minister. 
Stoll and Wirth affirmed that Merkel's German delegation will 
emphasize increased science and technology cooperation 
between the two countries, introducing an MOU to open an 
Indo-German Science Center in India to identify potential 
areas of joint research.  Indian media reported that 10 
scientific agreements will be signed between the two 
countries during Merkel's visit, including one between the 
Helmholtz Association and the National Institute of 
Oceanography in Goa for a research project on ecosystems. 
Wirth confirmed that several MOUs between research institutes 
are expected to be signed and will be primarily focused on 
health, marine science, and energy issues.  A proposal 
outlining scientific research and student exchanges is also 
expected.  Climate change may be actively discussed, but an 
agreement specific to the topic is unlikely.  Merkel and 
 
NEW DELHI 00004766  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
Prime Minister Singh will jointly flag off "the Science 
Express," a train containing various scientific educational 
exhibits in 13 cars.  The train will travel through 54 Indian 
cities to raise scientific awareness and was designed with 
help from German scientific institutes such as the Max Planck 
Society and the Helmholtz Association of German research 
centers. 
 
¶6. (SBU) Stoll confirmed that Merkel will arrive in New Delhi 
Monday October 29 and fly to Mumbai on October 31, where she 
will remain for one day before returning to Germany. 
MULFORD

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