New Delhie: The Minister of External Affairs Jaishankar said on Tuesday that strategic convergence between India and the European Union (EU) was reflected in our “position” on major regional and global problems, including in Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific.
Speaking during the annual meeting of Romanain’s diplomacy, the minister said Romania would have benefited significantly from the expansion of Indian cooperation with the European Union.
Chasing the political bond of India and Romania “Very good”, Jaishankar said: “They (bonds) are very well served by our frameworks and mechanisms.
You can see we have regular contacts but I’m sure we can do better.” “This is our efforts to foster this relationship further,” he added.
Jaishankar announced that India and the EU will start formal talks about negotiations in the free trade agreement (FTA), this month.
Jaisankar dubbed the Indian and European Union summit on May 8 “Landmark”, the Minister said: “One of the important results (Summit) is the resumption of our FTA negotiations.
Not only that, there have been some progress in that.
The formal talks began this month.
“India-EU connectivity partnersce is also important for the implications of bilateral, the connotation of the quality and possibility of the third country, Jaishankar said.
“We (India-EU) have also agreed to conclude investment agreements and one on geographical indicators,” he said, “strategic convergence between India and the EU was reflected in our position of regional and global major problems, including in Afghanistan and Indo-Pacific , “he added.
On May 8, the leaders of the EU and India ‘agreed to continue negotiations for the trade agreement “balanced, ambitious, comprehensive, and mutually beneficial, and to launch separate negotiations on investment protection agreements and other agreements on geographical indications.
They agreed to link trade negotiations To find a “solution to the old market access problem”.
In addition, the leaders agreed to regulate dialogue about the issue of the WTO and a shared working group on the collaboration of tough supply and supply chains.
High-level UE-India dialogue about trade and investment is assigned by supervising implementation This decision.