New Delhi, April 12 -- German Ambassador to India and Bhutan, Philipp Ackermann, has said that India and European Union will strive to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by the end of this year.

Speaking at the 9th Carnegie Global Tech Summit on Saturday during the session 'Marquee panel: Sambhavna: Next is What?, he said highlighted the growing strength of Europe-India relations.

According to Ackermann, "Europe has shown quite a remarkable moment of strength. And I would say that the visit of the President of Commission and 21 commissions to Delhi five weeks ago was one of these remarkable events where the commission has shown that, you know, they shifted their attention towards India, I think that's never seen such a visit before ...