India and Cyprus enhanced their ties to a strategic partnership and concluded agreements to boost cooperation in key areas such as defence, technology and counter-terrorism as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides focused on bolstering trade and investment relations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of the Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides witness an exchange of MoUs in New Delhi on Friday. (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO) Christodoulides, who is on his first visit to India after becoming President, began the trip by travelling to Mumbai with a 60-member business delegation before arriving in New Delhi for talks with Modi. Cyprus currently holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), and the discussions also covered leveraging the proposed India-EU trade deal. Cyprus has emerged as an important investment gateway between India and Europe and is among the top 10 investors in the country, with investments almost doubling over the past decade, Modi said at a joint media interaction with Christodoulides. “The India-EU free trade agreement has opened up many …