New Delhi (India), February 28 (Ani): the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said on Friday that the European Union explored a future security and defense partnership with India, similar to the partnerships that the block shares with Japan and South Korea.
In her speech here today, she said that the partnership will help the EU and India to work together to counter common threats such as cross -border terrorism, cyber attacks, maritime security threats and attacks on critical infrastructure.
The president of the Europan commission also said that they were “ready to invest in concrete projects that can already start to establish these connections. Europe is open to business, and we are ready to invest in our common future with India”.
“The second major area for renewed cooperation is security and stability. Here again, we have many interests shared. Wars, conflicts and coups have broken out in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, Africa and different regions. And what is happening in a part of the world is important for Europe and India. Even if we have far moved on map. world.
Von der Leyen expressed his joy at the interest of India to join industrial defense projects under the permanent structured cooperation of the EU. Noting that India is working hard to diversify its military supply and it considers that the EU and India can help to diversify the security objectives.
She pronounced the address entitled “The consequent partnership: reinventing and realizing the links of the EU and India for the world of today” in a first group of reflection in the national capital.
She said: “Europe is ready to assume its responsibility for security and defense. We will intensify our defense expenses to ensure that Member States have access to all the spectrum of capacities that this new reality requires. But we also want to intensify cooperation with a defense partnership and a defense partnership with the mold of moldy partnerships that we have with Japan and the South.”
“This will help us to intensify our work to counter common threats, whether on cross -border terrorism, maritime security threats, cyber attacks or the new phenomenon we see: attacks on our critical infrastructure. There are a lot of things on which we can rely on the interest of defense for the defense of industrial defense projects under the permanent structure of India. capacities.
She highlighted the need to deepen security ties and global partnerships. She said India had been a leading voice to raise the concerns of many nations in the world. She said India can play a unique role as a bridge between the world of world and the rest of the world.
Underline the need to deepen the connectivity between India and the EU, said Von Der Leyen: “The third and last element that I will approach is the need to deepen our connectivity ties and our global partnerships. And here there are a lot that Europe can learn from India. of the international system.
“For others and invest in our global partnerships. This is in our heart of economic and national security. India can play a unique role as a bridge between the world of world and the rest of the world. Between Global Gateway, our Indo-Pacific and Europe. Made to build this connectivity between India, Europe and the regions between us, “she added.
She also talked about the Economic Corridor in Europe in the Middle East in India (IMEC), which was launched in New Delhi in 2023 during the G20 Indian presidency. She said that this corridor is much more than “just a railroad or a cable” and stressed that it is a green and digital bridge through continents and civilizations.
Von der Leyen said: “The India Middle East -Europe corridor was launched here in New Delhi in 2023 during the G20 Indian presidency is an historic opportunity to give life to this. It is an incredible project. This can be an modern golden route – a trade in the index and a percentage of Arabian percentage and an editorial cable of Europe. most innovative digital in the world.
“This corridor is much more than a simple railroad or a cable. It is a green and digital bridge through continents and civilizations. And this can help bring us closer and stimulate trade on everything, from batteries to hydrogen cleaning and digital services.
In an article on X, Von der Leyen said: “We have a historic opportunity to give life to the corridor of India-Middle East-Europe. It will link us like never before. Investing in each other is in our economic and national interest.
https://x.com/vonderleyen/status/1895354664683524168
The president of the European Commission is on a two -day bilateral visit to India, accompanied by members of the college of European commissioners. The Minister of State of the Union for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel received Ursula von der Leyen at the airport.
Upon his arrival in Delhi, Von der Leyen posted on X: “Touchdown in Delhi with my team of commissioners. At a time of conflict and intense competition, you need friends of trust. For Europe, India is a friend and a strategic ally. (Ani)
(History came from a unionized flow and was not published by the staff of Tribune.)
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