The EU and India will hold their first Strategic Dialogue on 10 June in Brussels. The Strategic Dialogue encompasses discussions on security and defence issues and international matters of concern.

The meeting will be co-chaired by the High Representative/Vice-President Kaja Kallas and the Minister of External Affairs of India, Dr S. Jaishankar.

The High Representative and the Minister of External Affairs will hold a joint press conference following the dialogue at 12:30 in the EEAS building. Audiovisual coverage will be available on EBS.

Journalists who want to cover the press conference should confirm their participation by replying to Aitana SANCHEZ by 6 June at 18:00 with the following details:

• Full name
• Date of birth
• Nationality
• ID/passport number
• Media