India and Italy precocious unveiled a five-year strategical enactment program (2025-29) to beforehand collaboration successful areas specified arsenic defence, cleanable energy, trade, and connectivity. (AP photo)
India views Italy arsenic a cardinal European spouse and an influential Mediterranean ally, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said connected Sunday portion inaugurating the caller Chancery of the Embassy of India successful Rome.
Highlighting the increasing extent of bilateral ties, Jaishankar noted predominant interactions betwixt leaders and officials arsenic a motion of the strengthened partnership. “There is simply a convergence successful our worldviews and a synergy successful addressing planetary and determination issues,” helium remarked, adding that Italy plays a important relation successful India’s engagement with Europe.
India and Italy precocious unveiled a five-year strategical enactment program (2025-29) to beforehand collaboration successful areas specified arsenic defence, cleanable energy, trade, and connectivity. The program was announced pursuing talks betwixt Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni during the G20 Summit successful Rio de Janeiro.
Jaishankar underscored the humanities and taste connections betwixt the 2 nations, noting that overmuch of India’s humanities engagement with Europe centred connected Italy. He besides praised the Indian diaspora successful Italy for their contributions crossed sectors, emphasising their relation successful strengthening bilateral ties.
Referring to the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), Jaishankar described it arsenic a transformative inaugural to heighten connectivity betwixt Europe and Asia, agreed upon during India’s G20 presidency.
During his three-day sojourn to Italy, Jaishankar volition enactment successful the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Outreach league successful Fiuggi, wherever India is simply a impermanent country, and prosecute successful bilateral discussions with counterparts from Italy and different nations. He volition besides be the 10th variation of the MED Mediterranean Dialogue successful Rome.
(With inputs from PTI)