Oslo, May 18 -- India and Sweden on Sunday upgraded their relations to a strategic partnership to drive cooperation in areas ranging from defence to technology as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson joined European Commission President Ursula von der Leyden to discuss ways to deepen collaboration to ensure stability in an unpredictable global environment. Von der Leyen joined the two leaders for a European roundtable for industry in Sweden, the third stop in Modi's five-nation tour. Discussions also focused on building on the India-European Union (EU) free trade agreement, which is expected to be signed by the end of the year, to shore up trade and investment amid the disruptions created by the trade pol...