EAM Jaishankar holds talks with Luxembourg counterpart Bettel

Early Times Report NEW DELHI, Sept 7: India and Luxembourg on Monday explored ways to shore up trade and investment ties as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar hosted his counterpart from the European nation Xavier Bettel for wide-ranging talks. Bettel, who is also Luxembourg's deputy prime minister, is currently visiting India. "Trusted partnerships like that of India and Luxembourg have assumed great relevance in times of global uncertainties and disruptions," Jaishankar said on social media after the talks. "Held substantive discussions on our bilateral cooperation including in trade, investments, fintech, startups, clean tech, space, health, education and mobility. As well as global developments and our multilateral engagement," he said. Jaishankar said he "deeply" appreciated Bettel's support for "our partnership and stronger India-EU ties". In his opening remarks at the meeting, the external affairs minister made a mention of the India-EU free trade agreement and said it will open up new opportunities for stronger cooperation between the two sides.