As European Union institutions in Brussels showed their first cases of coronavirus, India, and the EU postponed the bilateral summit scheduled for March 13.Announcing the postponement, MEA spokesperson, Raveesh Kumar told journalists, “With regard to the proposed India-EU Summit, both sides have agreed that due to health authorities advising against travel between regions, it would be wise to re-schedule the Summit to a later mutually convenient date. The decision has been taken in the spirit of the close cooperation between India and the EU who share the same concerns and commitment to global health and hope that the outbreak is contained soon.”On Wednesday, the European Defence Agency and the Council of the European Union both reported their first cases of coronavirus. Like in India, Italy was seen to be the source of the infection. According to a statement from the European Defense Agency, a staff member “tested positive” after returning from a trip to Italy. The second person contracted the virus from a “local” source.The EU Delegation in India said, “In view of precautionary measures related to the global spread of COVID-19, the EU and India have jointly decided to postpone the EU-India summit foreseen initially for 13 March in Brussels. The two sides will now look to agree on a new summit date through mutual consultations. In the meantime, we will continue work on our joint agenda to make progress across all aspects of our relations."Modi’s trip to Brussels was not only about the India-EU summit, which would have been an occasion to re-start trade negotiations. But Modi was also expected to hold a separate summit with the Visegrad-4 countries Poland , Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary — on the lines of the India-Nordic countries’summit held in 2018. Separately, Modi was also scheduled to pay a bilateral visit to Egypt.