German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, proper, walks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File.
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The Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, pays a state visit to India on February 25-26, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated in a press launch on February 20. Mr. Scholz will arrive in Delhi on February 25 and can proceed to Bengaluru the subsequent day.
He shall be accompanied by senior officers and a high-powered enterprise delegation, it stated.
On his first visit to India because the Chancellor, Mr. Scholz will name upon President Droupadi Murmu in addition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Prime Minister and Chancellor will hold discussions on bilateral, regional and global issues. The two Leaders will also interact with CEOs and business leaders of both sides,” MEA stated.
The Ministry additional stated that this would be the first standalone visit of a German Chancellor to India for the reason that biennial Inter-Governmental Consultation (IGC) mechanism started in 2011,
The IGC is a whole-of-government framework underneath which Ministers from each nations maintain discussions of their respective areas of accountability and report on the result of discussions to the Prime Minister and Chancellor.
“Chancellor Scholz’s visit will enable both sides to take stock and progress on the key outcomes of the 6th IGC, strengthen security and defence cooperation, work towards closer economic ties, enhance opportunity for mobility of talent and give strategic guidance to ongoing collaboration in Science & Technology,” the press launch stated.
The India-Germany Strategic Partnership is underpinned by shared values, belief and mutual understanding. Robust funding and commerce linkages, cooperation within the areas of inexperienced and sustainable improvement and rising people-to-people ties have strengthened bilateral relations. India and Germany additionally work intently at multilateral and worldwide platforms, notably as a part of the G4 for UNSC reforms, it added.
