Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and delegation of ministers to leave for Europe
The Hindu
The government informed that the Chief Minister and General Education Minister V. Sivankutty were travelling to Finland, Norway and Britain at the invitation of the respective governments
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and General Education Minister V. Sivankutty will leave for a European tour late Saturday.
Mr. Vijayan will share a stage with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin at the Communist Party of India (CPI) State conference at Thiruvananthapuram at 4 p.m. before leaving for New Delhi to catch the connecting flight to Europe.
The government said Mr. Vijayan and Mr. Sivankutty were travelling to Finland, Norway and Britain at the invitation of the respective governments. Chief Secretary V. P. Joy and Principal Secretary, General Education, A. P. M. Muhammad Haneesh, are also part of the CM's delegation.
The ministerial team hopes to study the country's famed school education system in Finland. Finland Education Minister Li Andersson visited Kerala and invited Mr. Vijayan and Mr. Sivankutty to explore the country's public education sector. Moreover, Mr. Andersson is a left-wing politician.
The ministerial delegation will also attempt to woo Finnish investment in Kerala's IT and industrial sectors. It will try to market Kerala tourism, including Ayurveda, in Finland.
Meanwhile, Kerala hopes to enlist Norway's expertise and investment in the maritime sector. Industries Minister P. Rajeev and Fisheries Minister V. Abdurahman will join Mr. Vijayan in Norway. The delegation will also seek Norway's counsel in creating climate change-resistant infrastructure, focusing on mitigating landslip risk during monsoon.
From Norway, the delegation will fly to Wales in the United Kingdom. Health Minister Veena George will join the team in the UK. The Ministers will attend the Loka Kerala Sabha regional conference, an expatriate Keralites platform in London. As many as 150 delegates will participate in the meeting.
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