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President A P J Abdul Kalam seeks to change Switzerland's neutral position on India's bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council.
President Kalam, who is on a four-day visit to Switzerland, will put forth India's position during wide-ranging talks with his Swiss counterpart Verena Schmid.
Schmid will also be hosting a banquet in his honour.
Geneva has maintained that it will not endorse any candidacy as long as the modalities of the council's enlargement were not settled.
The focus will be on boosting Indo-Swiss trade ties which were "definitely below potential", Secretary (West) in the External Affairs Ministry, Shashi U Tripathi, told Indian journalists.
She said the two sides would discuss ways of strengthening cooperation in science and technology and pharmaceuticals.