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The President of the European Council, António Costa, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will travel to India later this month to represent the European Union at the 16th EU–India Summit. The summit is scheduled to take place on 27 January 2026 in New Delhi. The visit highlights the growing importance of the EU–India Strategic Partnership and reflects continued high-level political engagement between the two sides. Summit Talks with Prime Mini

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, is scheduled to visit Brussels for a significant two-day official trip on 8-9 January 2026. This visit represents a critical phase in India-EU economic relations and underscores intensifying diplomatic and technical engagements aimed at advancing the India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. Historic Context of Negotiations The India-EU trade negotiations were ambitiously re-launched in June 2022 after a hiat

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met with a European Union delegation led by Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic in New Delhi, engaging in constructive discussions on trade and investment cooperation. The meeting underscored both nations' shared commitment to deepening bilateral economic relations and advancing mutual prosperity. High-Level Strategic Engagement Finance Minister Sitharaman received the EU Trade Commissioner during his two-day visit t

The Council of the European Union unanimously approved conclusions on the New Strategic EU-India Agenda on October 20, 2025, establishing an institutional framework that coordinates the foreign policy priorities of all 27 member states toward India. This approval transforms the Joint Communication proposed by the High Representative and European Commission in September 2025 into binding policy direction, instructing EU institutions to articulate and implement the strategic ag

European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maroš Šefčovič delivered a keynote address at the 65th Annual Session of the...