India, Oct. 26 -- By Sahil Pandey

Hague [Netherlands], October 26 (ANI): The India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) could be implemented in spring 2027, Netherlands' Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sjoerd Sjoerdsma has said, expressing hope that the agreement would be signed in December and operationalised as soon as possible.

Sjoerdsma said the Netherlands and the European Union were ambitious about completing the remaining formalities for the agreement, which he described as unique and far-reaching.

"We hope that this will be signed in December, and we hope that implementation will follow as soon as possible, preferably the next day. But we all know it takes a little more than that," he said.

"I don't...