Brussels/New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- The European Council today welcomed efforts to conclude a balanced, ambitious, mutually beneficial and economically meaningful free trade agreement with India, to be concluded by the end of the year.
The European Council approved conclusions on a new strategic EU-India agenda, in which it welcomed the strong impetus in relations between the European union and India.
The conclusions endorse the Joint Communication on a "New Strategic EU-India Agenda" by the High Representative and the European Commission, and its objective of deepening EU-India ties, including prosperity and sustainability, technology and innovation, security and defence, and connectivity and global issues, it said in a statement.
The Counci...