Calling India, EU Leadership Summit of May 8 a "turning point" in ties, the European Union's Envoy to India Ugo Astuto has said, "We want to work together so that we can shape the global agenda". This is the second time this format of one world leader and all 27 EU member states meet happened, the first was with US President in March this year. Speaking to WION, Envoy Astuto spoke about the connectivity partnership, a key outcome of the summit saying, "connectivity" should be "grounded in principles such as sustainability... The other key outcome of the summit was both sides decided to resume talks on India, EU Free trade agreement. Also read India seeing an early trend of decline in new COVID-19 cases despite increased testingOn the outcome of the India-EU leadership summit, Envoy Astuto said, "It has been an extremely successful meeting.

Source: dna May 12, 2021 12:22 UTC