The meeting comes in the backdrop of six resolutions being tabled by groups within the European Union against India's new citizenship law, which it alleged marks a "dangerous shift" in the country's citizenship regime.
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar met Asselborn over breakfast to discuss a host of issues on strengthening bilateral ties.
Six resolutions are due to be tabled by groups within the European Union against India’s new citizenship law, which it alleged marks a “dangerous shift” in the country’s citizenship regime.
"What I said to the minister (Jaishankar) this morning is ''do everything you can do to not increase stateless people''. That is something that we have to fight against," Asselborn said during the session.
One of the longest serving foreign ministers in Europe, Asselborn has had close associations with the Indian leadership and has visited India four times (OutlookIndia).
Talking again about the India-specific resolutions in EU Parliament, Asselborn said the machinery of the European Union is very complex and complicated.
"I don''t want to say that the EP is not European Union...But we have to see the reality, the EP is elected in 28 countries and they have their own opinions, they have political parties, they create coalitions inside," he said, asserting that the EP is free to take up resolutions.
