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Ahead of the 16th EU-India Summit successful the coming week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen kickstarted her four-day sojourn to India to steadfast up a bid of initiatives to importantly grow ties.
President of the European Council Antonio Costa and Ms. von der Leyen volition clasp acme talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi successful New Delhi connected January 27, 2026 amid expanding planetary concerns implicit disruptions caused by the Trump administration's economical and information policies.
Mr. Costa volition onshore successful the nationalist superior connected Sunday (January 225, 2026). The 2 European Union leaders volition grace the Republic Day celebrations arsenic the main guests connected January 26.
At the summit, India and the EU are acceptable to denote the decision of the much-awaited escaped commercialized statement and steadfast up a strategical defence concern pact and a model for mobility of Indian professionals.
Union Minister Jitin Prasada welcomed von der Leyen astatine the airport.
"Charting the adjacent signifier of the India-EU Strategic partnership. A lukewarm invited to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen, connected her State Visit to India," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said connected 'X'.
"As the world's 2 largest democracies, India and the EU stock a concern rooted successful communal spot and shared values," helium added.
The ties betwixt India and the EU person been connected an upswing successful the past fewer years.
The EU, arsenic a bloc, is India's largest trading spouse successful goods. For the fiscal twelvemonth 2024-25, India's full commercialized successful goods with the EU was worthy astir $136 billion, with exports astir $76 cardinal and imports astatine $60 billion.
