New Delhi, June 11 -- Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is scheduled to visit Berne, Switzerland, on June 12, where he will meet senior Swiss government officials and leading representatives of the pharmaceutical industry to advance the implementation of the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) and further deepen economic ties between India and Switzerland.

This visit shows the importance India attaches to its economic engagement with Switzerland and other European Free Trade Association (EFTA) states.

The minister will meet Helene Budliger Artieda, State Secretary for Economic Affairs, and Guy Parmelin, Federal President of Switzerland. He will interact with leading representatives of the Swiss pharmaceutical industr...