External affairs minister S Jaishankar meets EU envoys ahead of Jan 27 summit

New Delhi: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met European Union ambassadors and called for collaboration to "derisk the world economy" ahead of the India-EU summit on January 27. India and EU will announce the conclusion of negotiations for FTA on the occasion.

"Pleased to interact with ambassadors from EU countries today. Spoke to them about the current state of the world with volatility and instability as the new normal," he posted on X.

He said stronger India-EU ties will derisk the world economy by cooperating on resilient supply chains, reassure the international community by providing public goods like HADR, anti-piracy operations and development projects, and stabilise the global order through stronger trade, mobility and security partnership.


European Council president Antonio Costa and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will attend the Republic Day celebrations on January 26, followed by the summit. EU Commission vice president Kaja Kallas has called India "indispensable" to Europe's economic and strategic future.