Piyush Goyal inaugurates 'Mango Festival' in Belgium

Jun 18, 2022

Brussels (Belgium), June 18 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal on June 17 (local time) inaugurated a ‘Mango Festival’ organised in Brussels to create awareness among the Europeans and create a market for Indian mangoes in Europe. Santosh Jha, Indian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and European Union (EU) shared his thoughts on the event and the "immense potential" Indian mango has in the European market. “Indian mangoes in Europe have immense potential. This is the 1st time it is being held in Belgium, all the organisations of EU are here,” he said. “The idea behind organising this is to showcase Indian mangoes in the European market abnd to show Belgium consumers the varieties of mangoes offered by India and this is the exportable surplus which we have,” said Dr Smita Sirohi, Advisor, Agriculture and Marine Products at the Embassy of India.