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NEW DELHI : India and the European Union on Monday underlined their commitment to human rights and the interdependence and interrelatedness of all human rights during their ninth dialogue on the subject.
Strengthening cooperation at international fora, particularly the UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) was also a subject of discussion. In this context, India proposed regular exchanges between the missions of India and the EU at New York and Geneva to explore cooperation at the UN Human Rights Council, an Indian statement said.
The dialogue was in “pursuance of the decision taken at the 15th India-European Union Summit in July 2020,” the Indian foreign ministry statement said.
The Indian delegation was led by Sandeep Chakravorty, joint secretary in charge of Europe West division in the Indian foreign ministry. The EU side was led by the Ambassador of the European Union to India, Ugo Astuto.
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