India, Germany to boost ties in defence, trade, critical tech

As PM Modi hosted German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for bilateral talks successful Ahmedabad, the 2 countries agreed to importantly boost their defence, commercialized and captious and emerging exertion ties with the formalisation of 19 agreements.

There were 8 different announcements meant to ramp up practice successful areas ranging from people-to-people interaction to Indo-Pacific and greenish development, including visa-free transit for Indian passport-holders done Germany. Amongst the highlights was a associated declaration of intent connected strengthening bilateral defence concern practice with Modi saying some sides volition besides enactment connected a roadmap to heighten practice betwixt their defence industries, opening caller opportunities for co-development and co-production. "The increasing practice successful defence and information is simply a awesome of our communal spot and shared vision. I explicit my heartfelt gratitude to Chancellor Merz for simplifying processes related to defence trade," said Modi. Four pacts were inked to boost practice successful captious and emerging tech, including semiconductors and captious minerals. PM Modi, Merz jointly condemn Delhi, Pahalgam panic attacksIndia and Germany are moving unneurotic to physique secure, trusted, and resilient proviso chains.

MoUs being signed contiguous connected each these areas volition springiness caller momentum and spot to our cooperation, said PM Modi. The PM and Merz discussed a scope of planetary and determination issues. “The 2 reiterated their interest implicit the ongoing warfare successful Ukraine, which continues to origin immense quality suffering and antagonistic planetary consequences.

They expressed enactment for efforts to execute a comprehensive, conscionable and lasting bid successful Ukraine successful accordance with planetary instrumentality and principles of UN Charter,” said a associated statement. On Gaza, some backed a two-state solution portion underlining the request for unhindered and astatine standard transportation of humanitarian assistance to the enclave arsenic good arsenic unimpeded entree for humanitarian organisations. “They reaffirmed their readiness to enactment efforts towards conscionable and durable bid and reiterated their telephone for a just, lasting and broad solution of struggle successful West Asia successful the signifier of a negotiated two-state solution,” said the statement.

Agreeing that coercion is aserious menace to each humanity, some said India and Germany volition proceed to combat the menace together. They unequivocally and powerfully condemned coercion and convulsive extremism successful each its forms and manifestations, including cross-border terrorism. “They called for concerted planetary efforts to combat coercion successful a broad and sustained manner. They condemned successful the strongest presumption the violent onslaught successful Pahalgam connected April 22, 2025, and the panic incidental successful Delhi connected Nov 10, 2025,” said the associated statement.

The PM besides announced the motorboat of a consultation mechanics to boost practice successful the Indo-Pacific, saying some sides volition proceed to enactment unneurotic to enactment improvement successful the Global South.

“The spot of our relationship is disposable connected the planetary stage. Our trilateral improvement partnership, done associated projects successful countries specified arsenic Ghana, Cameroon and Malawi, is simply a palmy exemplary for the world,” helium said. Reaffirming their beardown enactment to India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, the 2 emphasised its transformational imaginable successful reshaping and promoting planetary commerce, connectivity and prosperity. “In this context, they look guardant to the archetypal IMEC ministerial gathering to instrumentality factual steps for advancing this initiative,” said the statement.