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Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever visited India from 2-4 September 2026, his first visit since taking office in February 2025.
A Letter of Intent between the two Defence Ministries was signed, framing regular exchanges, staff talks, training and defence-industrial partnership.
The India-Belgium Investment Fast-Track Mechanism was launched to resolve investment bottlenecks in both directions.
Belgium reaffirmed support for India's permanent UNSC membership; the two agreed to back each other's non-permanent bids — India for 2028-29 and Belgium for 2037-38.
The leaders set a goal of doubling bilateral trade over the next five years.
Provide a regular, comprehensive bilateral mechanism across trade, green transition, technology, connectivity, defence and security.
Key: Launched in Brussels on 15 July 2026 and anchored in the wider India-EU Strategic Partnership; Foreign Office Consultations will carry its priorities forward.
Open markets and diversify critical value chains between India and the European Union.
Key: Negotiations concluded at the India-EU Summit on 27 January 2026. The leaders also pressed for early conclusion of the EU-India Investment Protection Agreement and the Agreement on Geographical Indications.
Facilitate investment in both directions and clear bottlenecks facing businesses.
Key: Newly launched, and complemented by engagement between SFPIM — Belgium's sovereign wealth fund — and India's National Investment and Infrastructure Fund towards an Indo-Belgian economic and investment corridor.
Advance economic cooperation between India and the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union.
Key: Its 19th Session is expected later in 2026; BLEU is the long-standing economic union between Belgium and Luxembourg through which much bilateral trade business is handled.
Ministerial mechanism coordinating trade, technology and economic security; met in Brussels in July 2026.
India's sovereign-backed infrastructure fund, engaging with SFPIM and exploring cooperation with BIO Invest.
The UN Security Council regime designating terrorist individuals and entities; both sides called for action against those it designates.
Bilateral scientific network; Belgium contributed to the Devasthal Optical Telescope, the Devasthal International Liquid Mirror Telescope, the Mount Abu Telescope and the Multi-Application Solar Telescope at Udaipur.
Belgium backs India's permanent seat bid; the two also swapped support for non-permanent terms — India in 2028-29, Belgium in 2037-38.
Belgium condemned the April 2025 Pahalgam attack, and both sides invoked the UNSC 1267 regime and FATF as the instruments of choice.
Cooperation between Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Centre (APEC) and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority, plus Belgian dredging expertise for Indian ports and offshore wind.
Named among expanding areas alongside chemicals, pharmaceuticals, nuclear energy and critical minerals refining and recycling.
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Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union, the framework through which the Joint Economic Commission with India operates.
A signed statement of intended cooperation that frames future engagement without the binding force of a treaty.
The First World War battlefields in Belgium where over 9,000 Indian soldiers died — a recurring reference point in India-Belgium ties.
The UN Security Council sanctions committee that designates terrorist individuals and entities and imposes asset freezes and travel bans.