Media & Reports 2023




02 August 2023

“EICC warns EU of likely disruption in export of milk and milk products from EU to India due to revised veterinary health certificate (VHC). In a letter to Ms. Stella Kyriakides, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Secretary General Sunil Prasad urged EU, Ireland & Govt of UK, to engage in further consultations with Indian government to expedite a long-term solution that aims to explore the possibility of either establishing a mutually acceptable Veterinary Health Certificate (VHC) or eliminating the need for VHC altogether. Letter in the link below:


24 Junly 2023

“Pakistan is on life support and no amount of EU’s “Oxygen GSP” would save it”, says EICC Secretary General Sunil Prasad in a letter to the EU High Representative Mr Borrell. The Secretary General said that given the state of the affair in Pakistan today, extension of European Union’s trade privilege to Pakistan is benefitting neither and indeed in many ways, the special treatment may have made things far worse for the supposed beneficiaries. The letter in the link:


31 March 2023

EICC Secretary General Sunil Prasad has urged EU to investigate and prosecute radical Khalistan supporters in the EU countries who provide financial and material support to Khalistan terror groups operating in India. In a letter addressed to EU High Representative Mr. Borrell, Secretary General asked “Would you allow secessionist forces in the EU regions to take shape and size of Khalistan movement, allow them nurturing divisive ideologues, adopt extremism and use violent methods for their objectives?


16 February 2023

To counter the strategic challenge of “Systemic Rival” China, EU needs swifter and more decisive action, says Secretary General EICC. In a letter addressed to Mr. Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Vice-President of the European Commission, Secretary General Sunil Prasad said that the rise of China, an empire based on the coercion of unwilling people, has presented liberal democracies with a challenge it has not faced before.