India, Feb. 4 -- India's relationship with the European Union (EU) is more important than before at a time when the world is witnessing major shifts in areas ranging from politics to energy and technology, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday.

Amid talk about the "world order unravelling", there is a need to refresh the economic and political logic of an earlier era, he said against the backdrop of sharp changes in the trade and foreign policies of the US following the return of President Donald Trump.

Jaishankar, who was addressing an annual seminar organised by the India International Centre (IIC) and the Brussels-based think tank Bruegel, emphasised that deeper India-EU collaboration will benefit both sides when the...