“If we look at what is left, these are the most important things … These are exactly the same things we are dealing with in 2012, 2013, when the negotiations derailed the last time,” said Nicolas Köhler-Suzuki, associate researcher with Jacques Deors Institute.
- Ukraine does not make things easier.
While Brussels is counting on India for its diversification thrust, it will not find it easy to remain a credible threat to Russia while doing more business with a country that historically maintains links with Moscow.
An EU official, granted anonymity to discuss closed discussions, conceded “one of the biggest questions where (the EU and India) have differences is Ukraine”.
The most populous country in the world sent 65 soldiers this month to join Annual military exercise of the Zapad of Russiain which the Kremlin has simulated a nuclear attack on NATO countries. During a recent summit in China, Modi was held the hand of the Russian president Vladimir Putin as they approached their host, President Xi Jinping.

Trump, on the other hand, asks the EU to strike New Delhi with rates as high as 100% to allow the Russian war in Ukraine.
“It is not all music and song and dance. A communication on India the executive of the EU Turn back in mid-September.