2020 India Network
What India’s Modi hopes to achieve in Brussels
PM Modi is set to meet EU officials in Brussels, seeking to resolve a four-year diplomatic feud with Italy and discuss trade issues. Analyst Rajendra Jain talks to DW about India’s expectations from the summit.
Rajendra K. Jain: India and the European Union have always been engaged. The delay in holding the summit was due to the fact that in 2013, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wanted some concrete results to come out of a summit in India regarding a free trade agreement. After that, India held general elections, and the summit was once again delayed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was keen to meet EU officials last year, but the meeting could not take place because of the Italian marine issue. So the upcoming summit will hopefully help bring the two sides back on track. Read More…