President of the European Council Charles Michel and Leyen met PM Modi in Rome
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that India will always strengthen any effort for sustainable development. Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission described India as a key partner in combating climate change.
Prime Minister Modi again met Leyen during the COP26 Climate Summit on Monday. President of the European Council Charles Michel and Leyen had met PM Modi in Rome on Friday on the matter of the G20 Summit.
European Commission President Leyen tweeted on Monday; "Good to continue close collaboration with PM @narendramodi #COP26 as well. India is a key partner on fighting the global climate. I greatly appreciate PM Modi leadership.
PM Modi tweeted that, "Happy to have met you in Glasgow after the very fruitful interaction in Rome. As I highlighted during my speech yesterday, India will always strengthen any effort for sustainable development."
On Monday, Prime Minister Modi announced a bold pledge that India will achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2070 and asserted that it is the only country that is delivering in "letter and spirit" the commitments on tackling climate change under the Paris Agreement.
He added ; India is working hard in fighting climate change and it will show results.
PM Modi later said that India is putting climate change at the centre of its policies and stressed the need to include climate adaptation policies in the school syllabus to make the next generation aware of the issues.
During his meeting with the top EU leaders on October 29, PM Modi held extensive discussion covering trade and investment ties, climate change, COVID-19, global and regional developments.
European Commission President Leyen had addressed her meeting in Rome with PM Modi "good".
She had said in a tweet that "Good to meet @narendramodi. Our strategic agenda is on the right track. We agreed that our trade negotiators will start to work. We'll deepen our cooperation on climate including on innovation & technology Looking forward to cooperating in the Indo-Pacific.
India-EU bilateral relations date back to the early 1960s with India being amongst the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with the European Economic Community in 1962.
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