An Indian delegation, led by the wife of billionaire Subrata
Roy - the founder and chairman of the Sahara India Pariwar - which
arrived in Skopje yesterday, has been completed after a second plane
landed. Now, it includes 45 people, who will travel to Ohrid during the
day.
Roy's wife, who is company's
vice-chairman, is accompanied by his son and a famous movie producer
from India, who will visit locations where some of the films produced by
their company could be shot in the future.
The delegation, which was received
by PM Nikola Gruevski on Tuesday evening, have shown interested in
investments in tourism, agriculture, mines...
The director of the Directorate for
Technological and Industrial Development Zones, Viktor Mizo is
accompanying the delegation upon its visit to Macedonia. It is also
hosted by Macedonia's promoter in India, Toni Atanasovski and several
representatives of the Agency for Foreign Investments, free zones and
the Agency for the Promotion and Support of Tourism.
The delegation is expected to stay in Macedonia till Monday.
Those included in the visiting
delegation are experts from various fields and are tasked with
collecting data for in-depth analysis. They said that Subrata Roy had presented his impressions from Macedonia to many businessmen and friends in India.
In addition to meeting with the premier, on Tuesday the delegation went sightseeing in Skopje.
Billionaire Subrata
Roy is one of the most influential people and the largest private
employer in India. He employs 2 million people and has a capital of
US$65 billion. His diversified business has interest in financial
services, housing finance, mutual funds, life insurance, city
development, real estate activities, print and television media, film
production, sports, information technology, health care, tourism,
hospitality and consumer products. The chairman of Sahara India Pariwar
visited Macedonia two weeks ago, when he announced his plans for a huge
investment in Macedonia.
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