India, EU trade pact to be very important geopolitical stabiliser: Antonio Costa
”Our trade agreement is a very important geopolitical stabiliser and a showcase of how it’s possible to protect international rules-based trade,” he said
NEW DELHI: India and the European Union can together act as “strong providers of stability, protectability and reliability” on the international stage and protect the rules-based order at a time of growing geo-economic turbulence and unpredictability in trade, European Council President Antonio Costa said on Monday.
European Council Antonio Luis Santos da Costa during interview with Hindustan Times, in New Delhi, India, on Monday, January 26, 2026. (Photo by Arvind Yadav / Hindustan Times) (HT Photo/Arvind Yadav)
In an exclusive interview with HT shortly after participating in the Republic Day celebrations along with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and ahead of the India-EU Summit on Tuesday, Costa said the growing
Rezaul Hasan Laskar is Foreign Editor with the Hindustan Times, which he joined in 2015. He began as a journalist in his hometown of Shillong in northeast India and has worked in newspapers and wire services over the years. He moved to New Delhi in 1997 and initially focused on defence, national security, Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast, while also working of foreign policy and international relations. He has been part of the media delegation accompanying PMs on foreign visits and has reported from destinations ranging from Tibet to Ukraine. Between 2007 and 2013, he was the Press Trust of India correspondent in Pakistan, one of only two Indian journalists allowed to report from the country. He extensively covered Pakistan’s domestic politics and the life of the common people, as well as the fallout of the 2008 Mumbai attacks on India-Pakistan relations and the subsequent trial in Pakistan of the suspects involved in the attack. As part of his reportage in Pakistan, he travelled the breadth of the country, from the Swat Valley to Balochistan. Reza’s first gig in journalism was writing a weekly music column, and music – especially classic rock – remains a keen interest. He is also a movie buff and a keen photographer.
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