New Delhi, May 4 -- Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, held a productive meeting in Brussels on May 2 with Belgian Minister of Defence and Foreign Trade Theo Francken and Minister-President of the Flanders region Matthias Diependaele to strengthen the Indo-Belgian partnership across trade, technology, investment, and innovation.

According to a Ministry of Commerce and Industry release, this engagement follows HRH Princess Astrid of Belgium's March 2025 visit to India, during which her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi underscored the shared ambition to unlock new avenues for collaboration in trade, technology, defence, agriculture, life sciences, innovation, skilling, and academic exchanges.

The over 300-memb...