new delhi india and the southeastern european nation macedonia are negotiating a double taxation avoidance agreement dtaa which will facilitate exchange of banking and taxrelated information between the two nations among other things i am going to meet prime minister manmohan singh today and we are going to talk about it dtaa macedonia prime minister nikola gruevski said when asked about the conclusion of the agreement the negotiations could be finalised even in one meeting and later can be signed he told reporters on the sidelines of a function jointly organised by indian industry bodies cii ficci and assocham here besides the macedonia prime minister said he would discuss with indian prime minister about having an agreement for economic cooperation and a free trade agreement between the two countries india has dtaas with over 78 countries and is in the process of negotiating more such agreements to broaden the information sharing mechanism stating that there is a scope for further economic cooperation between the two countries gruevski invited indian companies to invest in his country i would like to invite indian businessmen to visit macedonia and make use of its comparative advantages we are ready to meet your demands and provide maximum support in realisation of your investments and business ventures with macedonian companies he said the areas of collaboration include manufacturing it and communications construction and real estate at present the investments between the two countries are negligible during 201011 the trade between the two countries was meagre usd 10 million