According to the Nova agency, the EU ambassador to India, Tomasz Kozlowski, visiting the city of Pune, in the central-western state of Maharashtra, said that the EU wants New Delhi to play a more important role "Proactive" on the international scene and that the Asian country and the EU share many interests and objectives: relations, once limited to economic cooperation, are now focused on long-term strategic prospects, in particular on defense and security issues , nuclear policy and climate change, information and communication technologies.
Speaking to the press before his speech at an event organized by the academic institution Symbiosis Society, the diplomat pointed out that the last EU-India summit, held last October 6 in the Indian capital, opened "a new dimension "In the relations between the parties:" We decided to pay much more attention to each other, since the EU and India are very reliable and stable partners who believe in the international order founded on law and seek the their place in the international area. We see a convergence in many interests, such as climate change, the implementation of the Iranian pipeline, the nuclear agreement, the maintenance of the stability of South Asia and the guarantee of a multilateral international order ".
Kozlowski added that "the EU is concerned about the foreign policies of some countries in Asia whose intentions are not clear". "Terrorism, cybercrime and the international system of trade are areas of common interest and the EU and India are natural partners in this context. We have a shared responsibility to preserve peace and international order and now we need to put in place tools to achieve our common goals. Both the EU and India are staunch supporters of the principles of democracy, human rights and market economy ", he explained.
The European ambassador to India has recognized that the country "is heading for new economic growth" and that the reforms launched by the Narendra Modi government are "impressive", as evidenced by the country's recent leap into the World Bank's annual ranking on ease of doing business, based on ten parameters, contained in the report "Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs": India has climbed 30 positions, moving from 130mo to 100mo placed on 190, a promotion due to the reforms implemented in the taxation, authorizations, investor protection and bankruptcy law. Kozlowski spoke of the UK's exit from the EU, ensuring that the fears of a collapse of the European bloc due to Brexit are groundless.
The October summit in New Delhi focused mainly on strengthening trade links and cooperation in the field of security. Important joint declarations have been adopted in areas such as the fight against terrorism, energy and urban development. The summit also showed the commitment to resume negotiations on the free trade agreement as soon as possible. "I think it's time for a free trade agreement between India and the European Union. When the conditions are there we will resume them ", announced the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, in the final press conference. The talks for the agreement, initiated in the 2007, subsequently entered a stalled phase, but cooperation between the EU and India continued in the various sectors, allowing the development of an EU-India agenda for the 2020.