NEW YORK: Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani has said that his country supports early conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between India and the European Union.
After a meeting here on Thursday with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, he said on X, “I confirmed Italy's support for a rapid finalisation of the Free Trade Agreement.”
He said, “Italy and India share a strategic partnership, both political and economic, that we intend to strengthen with a further visit of mine to India in the coming months.”
“India is a priority country of our #PianoExport”, he said using the Italian word piano which means plan.
“For this reason, I wanted the ‘India’ measure (commitment) of 500 million euros to support our exporting companies”, he added.
Jaishankar wrote on X, “We discussed the developments in the Mediterranean, Middle East, Ukraine & Indo-Pacific. Also, the progress in our bilateral ties.”
Among the diplomatic leaders he met on Thursday was Yvette Cooper, who became the British Foreign Secretary in a Cabinet reshuffle this month.