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UK keen to invest in Bengal, Cameron invites Mamata to London

Kolkata: Prime Minister David Cameron today assured British investment in West Bengal at a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was invited by him to visit the UK.“The meeting was very constructive and positive.

PTI Updated on: November 14, 2013 21:51 IST


The meeting started with greetings of ‘namaste' and handshakes.

The Chief Minister presented Cameron a book written by her, an embroidered kurta-pyjama set and dokra handicrafts before his departure for Colombo for the Commonwealth Head of Governments meet.

In May last year, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had met Banerjee at the Writers' Building.

The British government's funding agency, DFID, has been helping the state government with funds to restructure the power sector and ailing public sector enterprises, including state transport corporations.

DFID is also funding the Poorest Areas Civil Society programme.
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