NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned that the go to of Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to India mirrored the strengthening of the strategic partnership between the 2 international locations. He said that the rising cooperation within the defence and safety sectors displays deep mutual belief between the 2 nations.
In a joint press assertion after holding bilateral and delegation stage talks right here along with his Greek counterpart, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned that each international locations have agreed to take their bilateral commerce to 2 occasions by the 12 months 2030. PM Modi mentioned, “I am happy to welcome PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his delegation to India. After my visit to Greece last year, his visit to India is a symbol of the strengthening strategic partnership between the two countries. The visit of the Greek PM to India after 16 years is a historic occasion.”
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra have been amongst others who have been current within the delegation stage talks. Teming his discussions with Kyriakos Mitsotakis “meaningful and useful”, PM Modi mentioned that the 2 nations are quickly heading in the direction of doubling bilateral commerce by 2030. He expressed happiness that India and Greece are taking steps to implement the agreements reached on this space in 2023.
PM Modi mentioned new alternatives have been explored throughout his assembly starting from agriculture, pharma, medical units, applied sciences, innovation, talent growth, and area. PM Modi mentioned, “Our discussions today were very meaningful and useful. It is a matter of happiness that we are rapidly heading towards doubling bilateral trade by 2030. We identified several new opportunities to give new energy and direction to our cooperation. There are many possibilities for closer cooperation between the two countries in the field of agriculture.”
He added, “And I am pleased that both sides are taking steps to implement the agreements reached in this area last year. We emphasized on increasing cooperation in many areas like pharma, medical devices, technology, innovation, skill development, and space.” He mentioned transport and connectivity are the best precedence areas and mentioned rising cooperation in these areas with the Greek PM. PM Modi famous that India and Greece have frequent considerations and priorities within the struggle in opposition to terrorism.
PM Modi mentioned, “We also discussed connecting the start-ups of both countries. Shipping and connectivity are topics of high priority for both the countries. We also discussed increasing cooperation in these areas.” Announcing the formation of a Working Group between India and Greece for defence and safety, he mentioned, “The growing cooperation in defence and security reflects our deep mutual trust. With the formation of a Working Group in this area, we will be able to increase mutual coordination on common challenges like defence, cyber security, counter-terrorism, and maritime security.”
He mentioned, “New opportunities for co-production and co-development are being created in defence manufacturing in India, which can be beneficial for both the countries. We have agreed to connect the defence industries of both the countries. India and Greece have common concerns and priorities in the fight against terrorism. We discussed in detail how to further strengthen our cooperation in this area.”
He famous that India and Greece have an extended historical past of deep cultural and people-to-people ties. PM Modi said that individuals of each nations have been exchanging commerce and cultural ties in addition to concepts. He mentioned, “As two ancient and great civilizations, India and Greece have a long history of deep cultural and people-to-people ties. For almost two and a half thousand years, people of both the countries have been exchanging trade and cultural relations as well as ideas.”
“Today we identified several new initiatives to give a modern form to these relations. We discussed concluding the Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement between the two countries as soon as possible. This will further strengthen our people-to-people relations,” PM Modi mentioned. This is the primary bilateral Head of State or Government stage go to from Greece to India after 15 years. The final Prime Ministerial go to from Greece to India came about in 2008.
