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India-EU Share Fundamental Values, Common Interests: EU Chief At Raisina Dialogue 2022

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the seventh edition of the Raisina Dialogue which will be held over three days from April 25 to April 27.

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, European Commission President and other dignitaries were present at the inaugural session of Raisina Dialogue 2022.

European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, gave the inaugural address emphasising strengthening and energising its partnership with India in the upcoming decades, noting that the core principles that underpin peace and security across the world are at stake.

“We all see rising challenges to our open and free societies. This is true for the technological and the economic domain. But it’s also true for security. The reality is that the core principles that underpin peace and security across the world are at stake,” the EU chief said highlighting the challenges that the democracies are facing currently.

“As vibrant democracies, India-EU share fundamental values and common interests. Together, we believe in each country’s right to determine its own destiny. We believe in the rule of law and fundamental rights. We believe, that it’s democracy that best delivers for citizens,” EU President said at the seventh edition of the Raisina Dialogue.

“Democracy was born more than 2,000 years ago in Europe. But today, its largest home is in India. For the European Union’s strengthening and energising, its partnership with India is a priority in the upcoming decade,” she added.

Explaining that the war in Ukraine will have an impact on Indo-Pacific, Ursula von der Leyen said, “Borders should be respected, spheres of influence should be rejected”.

Taking on China and Russia indirectly, European Commission President said, “If we consider what it means for Europe and Asia, Russia and China have forged seemingly unrestrained pact. They’ve declared that friendship between them has no limits, no forbidden areas of cooperation. It was in Feb this year. Then, the invasion of Ukraine followed.”

“In Europe, we see Russia’s aggression as a direct threat to our security. We’ll make sure that unprovoked-unjustified aggression against Ukraine will be a strategic failure. Doing all we can to help Ukraine fight for its freedom. We imposed effective sanctions,” she said.

The Raisina Dialogue, which started in 2016, is India’s premier conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community.

The conference is organised by MEA in collaboration with the Observer Research Foundation (ORF).

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