Mumbai, Sept. 4 -- Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever on Friday held a series of business-focused engagements in Mumbai spanning diamonds, trade, logistics and investment, as Bel sought to deepen its economic partnership with India following the conclusion of the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement.

De Wever arrived in Mumbai from New Delhi earlier in the day as part of his first official visit to India as Belgian Prime Minister. He was received by Maharashtra Minister of Marketing and Protocol Jaykumar Rawal.

A key business engagement during the Mumbai leg was the opening of HRD Antwerp's renovated and expanded diamond grading laboratory at the Bandra Kurla Complex.

According to an official release by HRD Antwerp, the expansio...