Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and prime EU leaders in Rome forward of the G20 summit.
Sources informed The Indian Express that India and Italy are prone to come out with a joint doc on the “energy transition”, which is able to deal with cooperation in non-renewable vitality.
Modi and Dhichi held wide-ranging talks on diversifying India-Italy ties.
The Prime Minister will meet Pope Francis on Saturday. He can be anticipated to satisfy French President Emmanuel Macron and Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
In the assembly between Modi and EU leaders, the 2 sides mentioned deepening India-EU friendship, particularly in areas reminiscent of commerce, commerce, tradition and setting.
The prime minister, who arrived in Rome earlier within the day, started his official engagement with “productive talks” with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
good to satisfy aranendramodi. Our strategic agenda is heading in the right direction.
We agreed that our commerce negotiators would begin working. We will deepen our cooperation on local weather, together with innovation and expertise
Looking ahead to cooperation within the Indo-Pacific #EUGlobal Gateway pic.twitter.com/O0niKM85E3
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) October 29, 2021
“Official engagement in Rome begins with a productive dialog with @eucopresident Charles Michel and @Vonderleyen, President of the @EU_Commission. Leaders focus on methods to boost financial and people-to-people ties with the goal of constructing a greater planet of,” the Prime Minister’s Office tweeted.
Later, Modi described his assembly with EU leaders as “wonderful”.
“Amazing meeting with @EU_Commission President @vonderleyen and @eucopresident Charles Michel. We had extensive talks on deepening India-EU friendship, especially in areas like trade, commerce, culture and environment,” Modi tweeted.
In a tweet, Michel mentioned: “India has an vital function to play within the inexperienced transition. We mentioned world well being and preventing the pandemic, the robust EU-India strategic partnership, the state of affairs in Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific” (the place China is flexing its muscle tissue).
Lean tweeted: “Nice to meet @narendramodi. Our strategic agenda is on the right track. We agreed that our trade negotiators would start working. We will deepen our cooperation on climate, including innovation and technology. I look forward to collaborating in the Indo-Pacific.”
He additionally congratulated India for the “excellent progress” in immunization towards Covid-19 and resumption of vaccine exports. “We need to join forces to help the world vaccinate and defeat the global pandemic,” Leyen mentioned.
India crossed a serious milestone in its immunization program after giving one billion doses to its residents final week.
After the Prime Minister’s assembly with European leaders, Foreign Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi mentioned there have been “extensive discussions” on a number of key points.
“Deeper ties between India and EU! PM @narendramodi meets European Council President Charles Michel @eucopresident and European Commission President @vonderleyen. Trade and funding ties, local weather change, COVID-19, world and regional improvement Covering an intensive dialogue,” Bagchi mentioned on Twitter.
The MEA mentioned in an announcement that the leaders recalled their “productive virtual engagement” within the type of the India-EU Leaders’ Meeting within the type of EU+27 in May 2021 and the fifteenth India EU Summit in July, 2020.
“During the meeting, India and EU leaders reviewed India-EU cooperation covering political and security ties, trade and investment and economic cooperation as well as the Roadmap 2025 agreed at the last India-EU summit. Of.” They additionally mentioned local weather change, the Covid-19 pandemic and up to date world and regional developments of curiosity to each side, the assertion mentioned.
Later, Modi paid floral tributes on the statue of Mahatma Gandhi.
“In Rome, I had the opportunity to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi, whose ideals give courage and inspiration to millions of people globally,” Modi mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
