Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri held detailed discussions with a 30-member delegation from the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the Council of the European Union in New Delhi on Friday, underscoring India’s growing engagement with the EU across the political, security, and defence spectrum.
This marks the first-ever visit of the PSC to Asia, led by Delphine Pronk, Chair of the Committee, and comprising PSC Ambassadors of EU Member States along with senior representatives from the European Commission and the European External Action Service.
These agreements are expected to provide a stronger framework for collaboration in sensitive areas such as information exchange, defence technology, cyber resilience, and counter-terrorism strategies. In addition, the deliberations reaffirmed mutual intent to expand maritime security cooperation, a domain of increasing strategic priority with the Indo-Pacific occupying a central place in both India’s and the EU’s security calculations.
Another area of emphasis during the talks was the economic dimension, with particular focus on concluding the long-pending India–EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Leaders from both sides have already directed negotiating teams to complete the process by the end of this year, viewing the deal as a game-changer for expanding trade, investment, and regulated economic frameworks between the two partners. This economic agenda is being complemented by parallel discussions to boost collaboration in new-age sectors such as defence manufacturing, information technology, green transition, and resilient value chains.
