The significance of EU-India partnership in the Indo-Pacific

News: Ministerial Forum is going to be held in Paris under France’s ongoing presidency of the EU. Foreign affairs ministers from EU member states and 30 Indo-Pacific countries, including India are going to join it.

What are the focus area of the meeting?

Security and defence : Indo – Pacific and related issues

Connectivity and infrastructure: EU’s Global Gateway initiative aims to address this by pooling the resources of the EU’s institutions and its 27 member states to raise 300 billion euros to build sustainable links

Strengthening relations: Forum will focus on strengthening connections between Europe and the Indo-Pacific, especially in the air and digital domains. The EU and India have already concluded a Connectivity Partnership to enhance the connectivity.

Collective Action: Forum will focus on tackling the global challenges like climate change, biodiversity protection and health resilience. It will provide support to the countries in terms of green finance, to achieve their ecological transitions in a just manner.

Health: Forum is going to discuss steps to strengthen health sovereignty and promote the “One Health” approach to the pandemic response. France will propose the creation of an Indo-Pacific health campus, to be established in India, to bring together India’s pharmaceutical prowess and Europe’s technological capacity for the benefit of the region.

What is Europe’s strategy for cooperation in Indo Pacific?

What are the areas of cooperation between India and France?

– India joined the France-initiated international High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People to protect 30 per cent of the land and seas by 2030.

– Both countries are collaborated in protected areas and national parks.

Source: This post s based on the article “The significance of EU-India partnership in the Indo-Pacific” published in the Indian Express on 21st February 2022.