Current Affairs - International - Discussion

Belgium is the country with which India is strengthening defence, clean energy, and trade cooperation. On September 4, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever in New Delhi. Both countries targeted doubling bilateral trade within five years and announced a fast-track investment mechanism. Cooperation also includes indigenous defence manufacturing, renewable energy, critical minerals, and semiconductor technologies. Belgium is India’s 18th-largest source of foreign direct investment, with investments totalling $4.2 billion between April 2000 and December 2025. Brussels, Belgium’s capital, also hosts the headquarters of NATO and the European Union.