- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
INDIAN finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has met in New York the chief investment officer of a big private investment firm during her ongoing visit to the United States and held talks over the latter’s interest in investing in India.
Sitharaman met Philip Vassiliou, the chief investment officer of Legatum, headquartered in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, over the robust structural growth and continued interest of the firm to make investments in India.
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“Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman met Mr Philip Vassiliou, Chief Investment Officer, Legatum, in New York, USA, today. The robust structural growth and continued interest of the company to invest in India formed part of the discussion,” the finance ministry tweeted on Sunday (17).
Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman met Mr Philip Vassiliou, Chief Investment Officer, Legatum, in New York, USA, today. The robust structural growth and continued interest of the company to invest in India formed part of the discussion. pic.twitter.com/4OExT2bQ2M
— Ministry of Finance (@FinMinIndia) October 17, 2021
The Indian finance minister has earlier this week attended the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
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On the sidelines of the meetings, Sitharaman also attended more than 25 bilateral meetings including those with top officials of the US’s Joe Biden administration and a host of top CEOs from the host country.
This is the first visit of Sitharaman to the US after the pandemic which has taken place just weeks after prime minister Narendra Modi went there. New Delhi sees the finance minister’s visit as crucial to advance India-US economic partnership.
