New Delhi [India] October 1 (ANI): Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Lucia Ramirez on Thursday met Indian Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi.

Lucia Ramirez is on a four-day visit to India during, which she will also meet External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar.

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"Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Lucia Ramirez arrive in Delhi with an accompanying business delegation, for extensive engagements covering all aspects of bilateral relations. Special focus on science and technology, vaccine development and biotechnology," tweeted the Ministry of External Affairs.

"We arrived in India to seal an important alliance that will allow us to produce vaccines in Colombia," Ramirez tweeted earlier. India's Minister of State for External Affairs (MoS) Meenakashi Lekhi on Monday held a meeting with Vice President and Foreign Minister of Colombia Marta Lucia Ramirez to strengthen bilateral relations between both the countries.

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During the meeting, representatives from both countries also signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Space sector, Lekhi informed in a tweet. India's Minister of State for External Affairs (MoS) Meenakashi Lekhi on Monday held a meeting with Vice President and Foreign Minister of Colombia Marta Lucia Ramirez to strengthen bilateral relations between both countries.

During the meeting, representatives from both countries also signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Space sector, Lekhi informed in a tweet.

Last month, Lekhi had also met Lucia Ramirez in a bid to strengthen bilateral relations between both countries.

During the meeting, representatives from both countries had also signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Space sector, Lekhi informed in a tweet. (ANI)

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