Belgium is the member of the 28-nation EU.Recognising the need for enhanced cooperation in criminal matters, they committed to begin negotiations on bilateral agreements for Mutual Legal Assistance, Extradition and Transfer of Sentenced Persons at an early date.Affirming the importance of cooperation in the field of education, the two leaders welcomed the numerous projects in collaborative research, student mobility and exchange of faculty between higher educational institutions of Belgium and India.
They looked forward to a State Visit to India in 2017 by Belgium King Philippe to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between India and Belgium.Both the sides also discussed the various flagship development initiatives la-unched by India and agr-eed to explore enhanced cooperation in these areas, especially the Smart Cities and the Clean Ganga programmes.jpg “They China wholesale instant water heating faucet agreed on the need to tap into the full potential of the EU-India strategic partnership and looked forward to the resumption of negotiations on the India-EU Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement on mutually-agreed terms,” a joint statement issued after meeting of the two leaders said.Lauding the vital role played by, and the supreme sacrifice made by more than 9,000 Indian soldiers in Flanders fields, Belgium, during the World War I, the two Prime Ministers recalled India’s participation in the inaugural commemorative events held at Nieuwpoort and Ypres in Belgium in October 2014 and welcomed the ongoing commemorative celebrations underway till 2018.
