Luxembourg City [Luxembourg], January 6 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday met Prime Minister Luc Frieden of Luxembourg to discuss ways to further strengthen cooperation between the two countries across key sectors.
Sharing details of the meeting on X, Jaishankar wrote, “Pleased to meet Prime Minister @LucFrieden of Luxembourg this morning. Conveyed warm greetings of PM @narendramodi. Discussed our growing cooperation in financial services, investments, technology & innovation. Thank him for his support for stronger India-EU ties.”
The Luxembourg engagement followed Jaishankar’s meetings in France earlier in the visit. On Monday, he met with International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol in Paris, where discussions focused on global energy issues, including oil markets and nuclear power.
Jaishankar shared details of the interaction on X, writing, “Pleased to meet Executive Director @IEA @fbirol this morning. Appreciate his assessment of the global energy scenario and his support for India’s growth and development.” Birol also described the meeting as “warm and productive,” noting that they discussed global energy issues, critical minerals, and India’s commitment to become a full IEA member.
In another engagement in Paris, Jaishankar interacted with participants of the French-Indian Young Talents Program organized by the Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie Franco-Indienne. He noted that discussions focused on “the transformations underway in the world and the importance of India-France collaboration in that context.”
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, during his visit to France, Jaishankar is scheduled to meet with French leadership and hold discussions with Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot.
The meetings are part of Jaishankar’s six-day official visit to France and Luxembourg. In Luxembourg, his engagements focus on strengthening bilateral cooperation across multiple sectors. He is also scheduled to meet members of the Indian community.
India and Luxembourg share warm and friendly relations marked by mutual understanding and cooperation at both bilateral and multilateral levels. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established in 1948. Luxembourg opened its embassy in New Delhi in February 2002 and maintains honorary consuls in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and Bengaluru.
The visit underscores India’s continued engagement with its European partners and its commitment to deepening strategic and diplomatic ties, at a time when negotiations between New Delhi and the European Union on a long-pending Free Trade Agreement have entered a “decisive phase.”
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