PM Modi Participates in Virtual India-EU Leaders’ Meeting
- Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participated in the India-EU Leaders’ Meeting, held in a hybrid format, on May 08, 2021.
- Modiji attended the event at the invitation of the President of the European Council Mr. Charles Michel.
- The leaders of all the 27 EU Member States as well as the President of the European Council and the European Commission participated in the meeting.
- This is the first time that the EU hosted a meeting with India in the EU+27 format.
Key highlights of India in the meeting
- It was proposed to further strengthen the India-EU Strategic Partnership based on a shared commitment to democracy, fundamental freedoms, rule of law and multilateralism.
- The leaders decided to resume negotiations for balanced and comprehensive free trade (FTA) and investment agreements.
- Three key thematic areas of discussion included
- foreign policy and security;
- COVID-19, climate and environment; and
- trade, connectivity and technology.
- An ambitious and comprehensive ‘Connectivity Partnership’ was launched between India-EU with focus on enhancing digital, energy, transport and people-to-people connectivity.
- A finance contract of Euro 150 million was also signed for the Pune Metro Rail Project by the Indian Ministry of Finance and European Investment Bank.
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