New Delhi, July 15 -- India and the European Union (EU) are preparing to hold the next round of negotiations on their proposed free trade agreement (FTA) in September.

This development comes as both sides exchanged offers related to the services sector last week, an official confirmed on Tuesday.

L Satya Srinivas, Special Secretary in the Department of Commerce, said that the 12th round of talks recently concluded in Brussels, reported PTI.

"We have exchanged our offers on services and non-services," he said, adding, "We also discussed key interests in market access related to goods as well."The upcoming 13th round of talks will be held in the first week of September, Srinivas confirmed.

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