Marseilles (France), Sept. 29 : The Horizontal Civil Aviation Agreement signed between India and the European Union on Sunday evening, finally ends nearly six years of legal uncertainty on bilateral deals on civil aviation services between EU member states and third countries discriminated against airlines from other EU states.
It may be recalled that in November 2002, a European Court had decided that such deals could not be encouraged.
With the passing of the latest deal, 26 separate deals that India had held with individual EU member states have been
India’s Ambassador to the European Union, J Bhagwati, French government and EU officials inked the deal.
Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy was to meet with the heads of French banks and insurance companies later Tuesday as French shares tumbled for a second consecutive day in the wake of the refusal of the US Congress to approve a finance bail-out.
Paris, Sept. 30: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh received a red carpet welcome here on Monday evening, hours after participating in a significant Ninth India-European Summit in the port town of Marseilles. He was received by French Immigration, Integration and National Identity Minister Brice Hortefeux.
Marseilles (France), Sept. 29 : Seeking to defend his UPA Government on the issue of the recent attacks on Christians in Orissa, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, said on Monday that every community in India had a right to practice its religious beliefs, and violence to curb these beliefs would be firmly dealt with.
Marseilles (France), Sept. 29 : The European Union and India have identified new activities to complement the 2005 India-EU Joint Action Plan, with the objective of promoting international peace and security and working together towards achieving economic progress, prosperity and sustainable development.
