Scholz will hold wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, covering the Ukraine conflict, the situation in the Indo-Pacific region and ways to boost bilateral ties
New Delhi: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in India on Saturday, Feb 25, on a two-day visit that is expected to further expand the overall bilateral relations in a number of key areas, including new technologies, clean energy and trade and investment, a PTI Report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
The Chancellor will hold wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, covering the Ukraine conflict, the situation in the Indo-Pacific region and ways to boost bilateral ties.
This is Scholz’s first visit to India after he became the German chancellor in December 2021, following Angela Merkel’s historic 16-year tenure at the top post.
Sources said the broad agenda of the Modi-Scholz talks would centre around the consequences of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
They said the talks would also focus on expanding cooperation in the areas of trade, defence, clean energy, climate change and new technologies.
The two leaders are also expected to deliberate on the overall situation in the Indo-Pacific, a region that has witnessed growing Chinese assertiveness in the last few years.
The two leaders had earlier held bilateral talks in Bali, Indonesia, on November 16 last year on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
Their first meeting took place during Modi’s visit to Berlin on May 2 last year for the sixth India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations.
It was followed by Modi’s visit to the Alpine castle of Schloss Elmau in southern Germany on June 26 and 27 to attend the annual summit of the G7 grouping.
Scholz invited Modi for the G7 summit under the German presidency.
The ties between India and Germany have been on an upswing in a range of key areas in the last few years.
Scholz will leave for Bengaluru on Sunday morning and is set to depart from the capital city of Karnataka at around 5.30pm.
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