"The leaders have directed their teams that the India-EU FTA should be concluded within the year. This is, of course, a very important outcome," MEA Secy (West) Tanmay Lal said.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Ministers S Jaishankar and other ministers were present during the meeting. PM Modi and Ursula von der Leyen also held a bilateral meeting at Hyderabad House in Delhi.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, EU Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Sikela, EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos, EU Commissioner for In
Piyush Singh, at present Joint Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Paraguay, Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
Venkataraman Vajapayajula, presently Ambassador of India to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Central African Republic, with residence in Kinshasa.
"This was our regular meeting on the demands for grants of the Ministry of External Affairs, which is the annual budget for this year for the coming fiscal year 2025-26 and we were very interested to see the budget documents of the Ministry and to question the Foreign Secretary on the nee
According to a statement from the External Affairs Ministry (MEA), the Princess will be arriving in Delhi tomorrow early morning at 1.30 AM on Friday at IGI airport, and for the next two days she will be attending programs in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, respectively.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday called on the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and lauded her views on reenergizing India's engagement with Europe
The committee will record oral evidence of the Ministry of External Affairs representatives on 'Demands for Grants of the Ministry for the year 2025-26' today.
Sources from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed that discussions would focus strengthening AI collaboration at both the bilateral and EU levels.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met a 21-member Polish delegation visiting India for the first Jamsaheb Memorial Youth Exchange program.