PM Modi’s Brussels Visit For India-EU Summit Deferred Over Coronavirus Outbreak

In February, External Affairs minister S Jaishankar had visited Brussels to lay the groundwork for the visit.

New Delhi: 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cancelled his visit to Belgium — slated for next week — in view of the worldwide outbreak of Coronavirus. Belgian capital Brussels was expected to host the next India-European Union Summit, aimed at expanding the strategic partnership.

In February, External Affairs minister S Jaishankar had visited Brussels to lay the groundwork for the visit.

The summit was to be held under the shadow of the protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act and the government’s big move in Jammu and Kashmir — ending its special status and bifurcating it into two Union Territories

Last month a group of diplomats from the European Union visited Jammu and Kashmir to survey the ground situation.