In this July 15, 2020 file photo, European Council President Charles Michel, top screen, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, screen right, speak with India's Prime Minister Shri Narenda Modi during an EU-India videoconference summit from the EU Council building in Brussels. - AP
BRUSSELS (Reuters): The European Union and India will agree to revive stalled free-trade negotiations at a virtual summit on Saturday (May 8) while also seeking closer cooperation to combat climate change, as concerns about China bring Brussels and New Delhi closer.
Partly overshadowed by the Covid-19 crisis in India, the summit will gather Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and all of the bloc's 27 leaders for the first time, a sign of the EU's renewed interest in the Indo-Pacific region.
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