India and the European Union on Friday firmed up plans for holding the 14th bilateral summit to be held in India later this year. EU’s High Representative and Vice-President Federica Mogherini met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here and discussed common concerns like trade, counter-terror cooperation, maritime security and defence cooperation.
Reaffirms commitment
“The two sides reaffirmed their commitment to deepening their Strategic Partnership. They reviewed progress on the commitments made during the 13th India-EU summit in Brussels in March 2016,” said a statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs.
Ms. Swaraj condemned the latest terror attack in Paris and said terrorism was the gravest threat to humanity. “Both India and the EU should strengthen their cooperation to fight terrorism and demonstrate resolve to show zero-tolerance for such acts”, the statement said.
