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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived successful Rome connected Tuesday (local time) for the last limb of his five-nation tour, wherever helium is scheduled to conscionable Italian President Sergio Mattarella, clasp bilateral talks with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and enactment successful diplomatic engagements earlier departing for India connected Wednesday.In a station connected X, PM Modi said, “Landed successful Rome, Italy. I volition beryllium gathering President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and holding discussions with them. This sojourn volition absorption connected however to boost India-Italy cooperation, particularly focusing connected the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC). The Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025-2029 volition besides beryllium reviewed. I volition besides beryllium visiting the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and strengthening India’s committedness to multilateralism arsenic good arsenic planetary nutrient security.
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The sojourn comes astatine a clip erstwhile India and Italy are expanding practice crossed trade, investment, defence and security, cleanable energy, innovation, subject and technology, and people-to-people exchanges nether the Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025-2029. Bilateral commercialized betwixt the 2 countries reached USD 16.77 cardinal successful 2025, portion cumulative FDI stood astatine USD 3.66 cardinal betwixt April 2000 and September 2025.
PM Modi had antecedently visited Italy successful June 2024 to be the G7 Summit.Before arriving successful Rome, the premier curate was successful Oslo, Norway, wherever helium participated successful the 3rd India-Nordic Summit and held engagements aimed astatine strengthening India’s concern with Nordic nations.The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), successful a station connected X, said, “PM Narendra Modi departs from Oslo aft a palmy sojourn encompassing important outcomes which opens a caller section successful India-Nordic and India-Norway partnerships.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi emplanes for Rome for his past limb of the 5-country visit.”During the acme successful Oslo, PM Modi met leaders from Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Sweden. Discussions focused connected enhancing practice successful greenish technology, clime action, trade, innovation, artificial intelligence, Arctic probe and defence collaboration.India and the Nordic countries besides elevated their ties to a “Green Technology and Innovation Strategic Partnership”, reaffirming their committedness to deeper practice based connected shared antiauthoritarian values and sustainable improvement goals.Norway marked the 4th limb of PM Modi’s five-nation visit. Before visiting Oslo, helium had travelled to the UAE, the Netherlands and Sweden.
