Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Norway and discussed ways to enhance ties with these Nordic countries in key areas such as trade and investment, and renewable energy.

Modi met the leaders of the four Nordic countries on the sidelines of the India-Nordic Summit here.

Prime Minister Modi met Danish Premier Lars Lokke Rasmussen and held talks on renewing and enhancing cooperation. The two leaders expressed their mutual desire to take the relationship forward, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.

After the bilateral meeting between Modi and Rasmussen, documents were exchanged between the two sides in areas of animal husbandry, dairying and urban development.

"Glad to have met Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen of Denmark.

Our talks were productive and extensive, aimed at strengthening relations between our countries," Modi tweeted after the meeting.

Prime Minister Modi also had an "excellent meeting" with his Finnish counterpart Juha Sipila. The two leaders discussed enhancing cooperation in trade and investment, renewable energy, space, waste management, start-up and education, Kumar said.

"Prime Minister of Finland, Mr. Juha Sipila and I met in Stockholm today. We had excellent discussions on deepening avenues of cooperation between India and Finland," Modi said in a tweet.

Sipila also tweeted about the meeting, saying, "Fruitful discussions with PM of #India @narendramodi in Stockholm. Recalled our first meeting in Mumbai in 2016 and had concrete negotiations how to promote our cooperation further in energy, space, education."

Courtesy: The Pioneer, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 | PTI | Stockholm