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EU and India- Intro: Relationship founded on the bedrock of democratic values and spirit of multilateral-ism. Basis of this partnership is Michael Doyle's democratic peace theory (cooperation amongst democracies) context: After independence, India's foreign policy objectives were to establish relations with global powers like USA and USSR and emerge as a leader of the third world through NAM. This , in the words of CR Mohan led to a “strategic neglect” of the European continent. relationship was upgraded to “strategic partnership” in 2004 (same year UK became strategic partner as well) In 2018 , EU came out with strategy on India that viewed India as an emerging global power that plays a key role in the current multi-polar world and a factor of stability in a complex region and calls for greater India – EU political, security and defence cooperation At recent India-EU summit , 2020 they have come out with India EU strategic partnership: A road-map for 2025 that has opened up ne...

15th India- European Union (EU) Summit through a virtual medium. India- E.U. Relations India-EU relations date to the early 1960s, with India being amongst the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with the European Economic Community . Cooperation agreement was signed in 1994. First India-EU Summit took place in 2000. In 2004, the relationship was upgraded to a ‘Strategic Partnership’. Economic and commercial relations India's largest trading partner €80 billion worth of trade in goods in 2019 (11.1% of total Indian trade) EU is biggest foreign investor in India, with €67.7 billion worth of investments made in 2018 (22% of total FDI inflows) Defence and security cooperation cooperation on security challenges like counter-terrorism, maritime security, and nuclear non-proliferation. Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region in New Delhi (IFC-IOR) linked-up with the Maritime Security Centre – Horn of Africa (MSC-HOA) by the EU Naval Force (NAVFOR). Science and Tech...