30 March 2016: EU-India Summit in Brussels
Resuming negotiations on a free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and India is the main objective of the 13th EU-India Summit that will be held in Brussels. Furthermore, the EU-India Agenda for Action 2020 and the priorities of their strategic partnership will be discussed. Other issues on the agenda are migration and mobility, access to drinking water, joint initiatives in the field of energy and tackling climate change. Leaders of EU and India will also focus on the current main challenges to international security, such as terrorism and the situation in Ukraine.
The last EU-India Summit was held in 2012, in New Delhi. During the meeting of this year, the EU is represented by, among others, European Council President Donald Tusk, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, EU High Representative Federica Mogherini. India is represented by its Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
