WEF 2025: European Commission chief Ursula says top team to visit India to boost ties [Video]

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday that the first trip of her new team will be to India to boost ties with the world’s largest democracy which has succeeded in lifting millions of people out of poverty.

“Together with Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi we want to upgrade the strategic partnership with the largest country and democracy in the world,” von der Leyen told the Davos World Economic Forum.

“As supply chains went global, hundreds of millions of people were lifted out of poverty, especially in India,” she said in her address.

She also warned that a ‘sea-change in global affairs’ had taken place in the past 25 years.

The cooperative world order we imagined 25 years ago has not turned into reality. Instead, we have entered a new era of harsh geostrategic competition.

The world’s major economies are vying for access to raw materials, new technologies and global trade routes.

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