India, Oct. 5 -- India and Switzerland on Monday concluded two agreements on the mobility of professionals and agreed to expand access for Indian exports to Swiss markets as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Guy Parmelin explored ways to enhance cooperation in defence and nuclear energy.

Parmelin is accompanied by a high-level business delegation and his visit coincides with the first anniversary of the coming into force of the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) that India signed with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), a bloc that includes Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein.

Modi described TEPA, India's first trade deal with any European economic bloc, as an ambitious blueprint for investment, ...