The European Union is ready to conclude the long-pending Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with India on a “meaningful and balanced package”, EU Ambassador to India Hervé Delphin has said, ahead of the 14th round of talks scheduled to begin on October 6.

Speaking at the second annual general meeting of the Federation of European Business in India (FEBI), Delphin said the two sides had made “considerable progress”, though “important issues still remain to be resolved”.

He expressed confidence that both teams were working hard to achieve the goal set by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to finalise the agreement by the end of this year.

Highlighting the depth of EU-India economic ties, Delphin said European companies had become a vit

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