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Mr Nirupam Sen said an officer-level delegation of the two States would meet in the future to deliberate upon what the State Governments and the Centre can do to maximise the scope of trade through the Nathula Pass.

MAKING A PASS AT CHINA: Mr Nirupam Sen (right), Industries & Commerce Minister, West Bengal, along with Mr Ashok Bhattacharya (second right), Urban Development Minister, walking through the Old Silk Route, at the Nathula Pass, in Sikkim on Friday. The two West Bengal ministers along with Government officials were there for an exploratory visit for trade prospects with China. — Parth Sanyal

Gangtok , Nov. 14

THE West Bengal Government is keen to deliberate with the chambers of commerce with a view to gathering inputs on how to maximise the trade potential through the Nathula Pass when trading through the old silk route takes off.

Speaking to presspersons here on Friday while on an exploratory visit to Nathula, the West Bengal Minister for Commerce & Industries, Mr Nirupam Sen, said chambers of commerce could well provide valuable inputs on how to tap the full potential of trade.

Mr Sen described his meeting with the Sikkim Chief Minister, Mr Pawan Kumar Chamling, as "good'' and said that co-operation between West Bengal and Sikkim was imperative for both the States to derive maximum benefit from the opening up of trade relations between India and China through Nathula.

He said an officer-level delegation of the two States would meet in the future to discuss the modalities in this regard. The officers would also deliberate upon what the State governments and the Centre can do to maximise the scope of trade through the Nathula Pass.

Mr Sen focused on the need to beef up the infrastructure, especially at hubs such as Jalpaiguri and Siliguri in West Bengal with a view to facilitating a substantial increase in bilateral trade between Indian and China from the current level of $5 billion annually.

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