Prime Minister Narendra Modi has mentioned that his go to to Germany, Denmark and France starting Monday will serve to strengthen the spirit of cooperation with India’s European companions at a time when the area faces many challenges and selections.
“My go to to Europe comes at a time when the area faces many challenges and selections. By my engagements, I intend to strengthen the spirit of cooperation with our European companions, who’re essential companions in India’s quest for peace and prosperity,” he mentioned in a departure assertion forward of his go to on Sunday.
The go to can be prone to be a possibility for the PM Narendra Modi to debate along with his European counterparts the implications of the continued Russia-Ukraine conflict and acceptable responses to it.
Modi will start his go to in Berlin on Monday the place he’s scheduled to carry bilateral discussions with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Modi and Scholz had met final yr on the G20 the place the latter had participated in his earlier capability as Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister. The 2 leaders will co-chair the sixth India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC). A number of Indian ministers may also journey to Germany and maintain consultations with their German counterparts.
“I see this IGC as an early engagement with the brand new authorities in Germany, inside six months of its formation, which shall be useful to establish our priorities for the medium and long run,” Modi mentioned.
The PM will subsequent journey to Copenhagen to carry discussions with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen the place the 2 will evaluation the progress within the bilateral ‘Inexperienced Strategic Partnership’, amongst different facets of current relations. Modi may also take part within the India-Denmark Enterprise Roundtable and work together with the Indian group in Denmark.
In Denmark, Modi may also take part within the 2nd India-Nordic Summit together with Prime Ministers of Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden and Norway. “The Summit will give attention to topics like post-pandemic financial restoration, local weather change, innovation and know-how, renewable power, the evolving international safety state of affairs and India-Nordic cooperation within the Arctic area,” he mentioned.
The PM’s final cease shall be at Paris the place he’ll meet President Emmanuel Macron who has been lately re-elected. “President Macron and I’ll share assessments on numerous regional and international points and can take inventory of ongoing bilateral cooperation. It’s my agency perception that two international locations that share such related imaginative and prescient and values for the worldwide order, should work in shut cooperation with one another,” Modi mentioned.
Revealed on
Could 01, 2022
