Jaishankar arrives in Brussels on Monday, May 16, for the last leg of his three-nation tour covering Bangladesh, Sweden and Belgium
London: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar called on Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo to discuss growing bilateral cooperation, including trade and technology, and spoke about contemporary strategic concerns, a PTI report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, Tribune, says.
The minister arrived in Brussels on Monday, May 16, for the last leg of his three-nation tour covering Bangladesh, Sweden and Belgium.
He conveyed personal greetings from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to De Croo during the meeting, which was also attended by Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Skill Development and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
Jaishankar is in Brussels for the first meeting of the India-EU Trade and Technology Council scheduled for Tuesday.
“Delighted to call on PM of Belgium @alexanderdecroo along with my colleagues – @PiyushGoyal & @rajeev_GOI today. Conveyed personal greetings of PM @narendramodi,” the external affairs minister wrote on Twitter.
“Discussed our growing bilateral cooperation, including in trade and technology. Also spoke about contemporary strategic concerns,” he said.
The Indian ministerial delegation also met Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EU Commission.
“Thank President of @EU_Commission@vonderleyen for meeting the Indian ministerial team. Appreciate the open discussion on trade, technology and geopolitics. Look forward to the India-EU Trade and Technology Council meeting tomorrow,” Jaishankar tweeted after the meeting.
The first ministerial-level meeting of the India-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) will take place on Tuesday in Brussels.
***********************************************************
Readers
These are extraordinary times. All of us have to rely on high-impact, trustworthy journalism. And this is especially true of the Indian Diaspora. Members of the Indian community overseas cannot be fed with inaccurate news.
Pravasi Samwad is a venture that has no shareholders. It is the result of an impassioned initiative of a handful of Indian journalists spread around the world. We have taken the small step forward with the pledge to provide news with accuracy, free from political and commercial influence. Our aim is to keep you, our readers, informed about developments at ‘home’ and across the world that affect you.
Please help us to keep our journalism independent and free.
In these difficult times, to run a news website requires finances. While every contribution, big or small, will makes a difference, we request our readers to put us in touch with advertisers worldwide. It will be a great help.
For more information: pravasisamwad00@gmail.com