Brussels, 08/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - At the end of a two-day meeting between their company bosses, the Union and India will hold their 3rd Summit in Copenhagen on Thursday, in the presence of Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, European Commission President Romano Prodi, High Representative Javier Solana and Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Commissioners Chris Patten and Pascal Lamy, as well as Foreign Ministers Per Stig Moeller and Yashwant Sinha will take part in talks that - other the economic co-operation where tangible results are to be expected, as well as on the Indian complaints on the commercial side - should be dominated by the Indian-Pakistani crisis, the situation in Jammu and Kashmir following this week's parliamentary elections, efforts at bilateral co-operation in the fight against terrorism, relations with the other Asian giant, China, Iraq and, more generally, the need to provide the political dialogue with more substance. "We would like this relationship to take on a strategic dimension" and its "bit by bit that we are building such a partnership", "beginning with discussing different subjects that go beyond our bilateral agenda, such as Afghanistan and the dark side of globalisation" (drug trafficking, trafficking in human beings, the environment), sources in Brussels stress, noting that the dialogue is "more difficult" on other issues like the International Criminal Court, where "opinions differ" (India refuses to ratify the initial agreement) and human rights, "where we would like it to co-operate more with international bodies". Other difficulty that is beginning to be resolved, just as gradually: Europe wants to be recognised as such, but "India does not send us back the picture we have of ourselves. The development of sovereignty is misunderstood", and "to them", the Union remains above all a "trading block". Furthermore, the partnerships should take on new provisions in the framework of the November 2001 agenda, including setting goals for a five-year strategy for development and economic co-operation, aimed at extending co-operation, currently directed at the Indian Government, to sub-national level where most of the power lies relating to education and public health. This strategy also integrates a plan for the development of trade and investments and an "ambitious" programme of scholarships. Before leaving New Delhi, Mr. Vajpayee confirmed that he was also intending to "push" Europe to lift its "unfair" restrictions on the import of basmati rice, Indian textiles and sugar.