India opens consulate in German State

BERLIN, OCT. 16. An honorary consulate of India has been set up in the North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) State of Germany, home to maximum number of Non- Resident Indians (NRIs).

German philanthropist and a friend of India, Mr. H.D. Deichmann, yesterday assumed office of the Honorary Consul at Essen, which has been set up in view of the impending closure of the Indian mission in Bonn after the shifting of the Indian Embassy to Berlin and planned opening of a new consulate in Munich.

NRW is Germany's industrial heartland and home to the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce at its capital Dusseldorf.

Besides its embassy in Berlin, India now has two consulates in Frankfurt and Hamburg and an honorary consul at Stuttgart.

With the functioning of the consul in Essen and the scheduled opening of a consulate in Munich sometime early next year, Indian interests would be represented throughout Germany. - PTI

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