EAM Jaishankar's remarks on India-EU ties chime with views from EU leadership: Ambassador Herve Delphin

ANI February 4, 2025 141 views

The External Affairs Minister of India, S Jaishankar, recently emphasized the critical strategic importance of India-EU relations in a volatile global landscape. Ambassador Herve Delphin echoed these sentiments, highlighting the alignment between Indian and European perspectives on strengthening bilateral ties. Both sides see significant potential for deeper engagement across trade, technology, and security domains. The relationship is poised to transform from diplomatic dialogue to concrete collaborative initiatives by 2025.

"In a world that promises to be so volatile and so uncertain, a stronger India-EU relationship can be an important stabilizing factor." - S Jaishankar
New Delhi, February 4: After External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar emphasised the importance of India-EU ties as a "stabilizing factor," amid global volatility and uncertainty, Ambassador of the European Union to India, Herve Delphin said that Jaishankar's remarks align with the views of EU institutions and leadership on the strategic relevance of strengthening the India-EU partnership.

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India and EU recognize strategic potential of bilateral engagement

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Diplomatic ties gaining momentum towards concrete initiatives

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Economic partnership spans trade and investment opportunities

He also expressed confidence that 2025 would see this shared vision turned into concrete initiatives.

Sharing a post on X, Delphin wrote, "Minister @DrSJaishankar remarks on India-EU relations chime very much with views from #EU institutions & leadership on the strategic relevance of a stronger partnership between #EU & #India. 2025 will show this shared view turned into concrete initiatives and deliverables."

https://x.com/EUAmbIndia/status/1886648844789653897

Notably, while delivering the keynote address at the IIC-Bruegel Annual Seminar in Delhi on Tuesday, Jaishankar asserted that the relationship between India and the EU is "more important than ever before."

"In a world that promises to be so volatile and so uncertain, a stronger India-EU relationship can be an important stabilizing factor. India is certainly cognizant of the greater strategic awakening of Europe in the last few years. That too can serve as a driver of deeper engagement. We already see that happening, for example, in closer defence in security and technology cooperation. The bottom line is that the India-EU relationship is more important than ever before," Jaishankar said.

He added, "In recent years there has been a more intensive engagement with the European Commission. We expect that to be even more in the coming days."

As per the Delegation of the European Union to India and Bhutan, India and the EU are two of the world's largest economies having shared synergies and offering significant trade and investment opportunities. The EU is India's largest trading partner and India is the EU's 9th trading partner in terms of bilateral trade in goods.

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