Paris, Jan. 7 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his French counterpart, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Wednesday (local time). The two leaders discussed advancing bilateral cooperation and elevating India-EU engagement, while also sharing perspectives on contemporary global developments.

EAM said that the session on bilateral cooperation would take forward our wide-ranging agenda, and also aim at generating new ideas on implementing the Horizon 2047 Roadmap.

In his opening remarks during the meeting, EAM Jaishankar highlighted how France is amongst India's oldest partners and how this meeting is place in the larger context of considerable "global uncertainty."

"France is amongst our oldest strategic partners, the firs...