In the side-lines of the stalled FTA talks, India-Israel is on course to conclude a broader agreement on cooperation in the renewable energy sector. This agreement follows an earlier work on the renewable energy sector between the two countries. The bilateral talks on FTA are likely to be on track early next year. Daniel Carmon, Israeli ambassador to India on side-lines of an interactive session to boost bilateral trade, said the trade between two countries has topped $6 billion and is poised to get bigger, he emphasised that the figure is excluding defence business, which is a big area of cooperation. The Ambassador sees agriculture and horticulture crop productivity, irrigation and water supply management and homeland security as areas of mutual interest. In a separate meeting with the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh the Ambassador was assured of government support to facilitate process. The gLAWcal Team POREEN project Wednesday, 10 December 2014 (Source: Hindu)