Opening Remarks by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the Delegation Level Talks With Prime Minister of Belgium
Your Excellency Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo,
I thank you for your warm words of welcome. It is indeed a pleasure to visit Brussels and to have the opportunity to interact with you.
I thank you for the overview of India-Belgium relations. I deeply appreciate your gracious hospitality and the excellent arrangements made by your Government for the State visit. Allow me to introduce the members of my delegation.
Excellency,

Rector of Istanbul University Professor Dr Yunus Soylet,
Excellency,
It is indeed a privilege for me to be present amidst you this morning and to participate in the inaugural session of the Second India Water Forum.
Commandant National Defence College, Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba, AVSM, members of the faculty and staff, officers from the Indian Armed Forces, Civil Services and from friendly foreign countries.
It gives me immense pleasure to witness the Passing Out parade of the Indian Police Service (IPS) Probationers at the National Police Academy, which is the premier police training institution in our country.
I extend a warm welcome to all of you to this Conference of Directors of National Institutes of Technology, which is being held for the first time in the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
I am happy to join you on the occasion of the 44th Convocation of IIT Delhi. It is my privilege to be amidst you in this beautiful campus.
I am happy to be in Darjeeling on the occasion of the 125th year celebrations of the prestigious St. Joseph’s School. I congratulate you on attaining this momentous milestone in your history.