New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) India and Finland agreed to deepen economic ties and explore how a proposed EU‑India free trade agreement could double trade by 2030, a new report has said.The report from Daily Finland said Finland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Riikka Purra and India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal met in Helsinki and explored ways to diversify economic relations between both countries.“The strategic partnership between the two countries on digitali…
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New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Strengthening the European Union’s strategic partnership with India would be a key priority during Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Ambassador of Ireland to India, Kevin Kelly, said on Wednesday. Ireland assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Wednesday and will guide negotiations among the EU’s 27 Member States, chair Council meetings, help advance the Union’s legislative agenda, and foster consensus on key policy i…
Tel Aviv, June 6 (IANS) Europe increasingly views India as a strategic partner, yet continues to engage Pakistan through a familiar crisis-management approach it appears reluctant to abandon. While Europe emphasises security cooperation with New Delhi, it simultaneously reverts to the language of “balance”, “engagement”, and “restraint” in its outreach to Islamabad, a report has highlighted.By drawing parallels between Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ukraine in a recent joint…
Bucharest, June 1 (IANS) India’s Ambassador to Romania on Monday interacted with Romanian and Indian students, discussing ways to strengthen people-to-people ties.“Ambassador Manoj Mohapatra interacted with Romanian and Indian students from KIIT – Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology and KISS – Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences at the Embassy, discussing ways to strengthen people-to-people ties and promote greater student exchanges between India and Romania,” the Indian Embassy in R…
Nicosia, May 28 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Thursday met his Romanian counterpart Oana Toiu on the sidelines of the informal Gymnich meeting of the European Union Foreign Affairs Ministers in Cyprus.“We’re now preparing the ground so that both our economies make the most of the future EU-India Free Trade Agreement, with strong potential across defence industry, renewable energy, steel, automotive, fertilisers and port infrastructure,” Romania’s Foreign Minister …
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) With its demographic scale, expanding industrial base and ambition to assert a stronger global role, India offers the European Union (EU) both economic opportunity and geopolitical relevance, a new report has said.The article in EU Reporter says that one of the clearest indicators of this shift is the acceleration of EU–India relations. According to it, the resumption of negotiations for a long-delayed free trade agreement, expanding cooperation on supply chains, digi…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Trade in goods and services between Finland and India currently stands at around 3 billion euros and could double by 2032, driven by the benefits of the recently concluded EU-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Finland’s Ambassador to India, Kimmo Lahdevirta, said on Monday.Speaking to IANS, Ambassador Lahdevirta described the EU-India FTA as a historic milestone, calling it the largest trade deal ever concluded by either the European Union or India.“Trade in goods and …
Tel Aviv, Jan 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s expected visit to Israel in February should be seen less as a ceremonial bilateral engagement and more as a strategic signal. It reflects India’s intent to extend the momentum of its European engagement into West Asia, connecting security, trade, and technology across regions rather than treating them as separate domains, a report said on Saturday. “The European Union and India did something quietly consequential in late January. Alongsi…
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Reuben Gauci, the High Commissioner of Malta to India, on Saturday expressed his optimism about the likely signing of EU-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA), noting that the upcoming visit of European Union (EU) leaders indicates that New Delhi is a “top priority” for the grouping. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council chief Antonio Costa are scheduled to visit India for the Republic Day celebrations and the EU-India Summit.Ahead of their v…