India said it was hopeful of concluding the final discussions for a free-trade agreement (FTA) on services and investments with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), in time for next week's summit in New Delhi. The Asean-India Commemorative Summit is scheduled for December 20-21.
After operationalising a free trade agreement in goods in August last year, both the sides engaged in widening the base of the pact by including services and investments. However, the talks were getting delayed due to differences in opening the sectors.
"We have almost concluded everything. There are just a couple of issues that need to be resolved and we expect it would be sorted out by the time we meet again," Kher added.
He said
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