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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his official tour of Europe with a gathering with the King and Queen of the Netherlands in The Hague.
Prime Minister Modi is at the moment on a six-day tour of the Center East and Europe, beginning within the United Arab Emirates, and can then go to Sweden, Norway and Italy, the place he’ll meet plenty of key leaders, together with European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen.
Prime Minister Modi met with Dutch King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and Dutch enterprise executives at Huis Ten Bosch Palace on Saturday.
He may also meet along with his Dutch counterpart Rob Jetten to debate matters together with defence, safety, innovation and vitality.
Addressing members of the Indian neighborhood in The Hague on the identical day, Prime Minister Modi praised the rising commerce and financial partnership between India and the Netherlands and highlighted know-how and innovation as new areas of focus.
The Netherlands is a crucial buying and selling companion for India, with bilateral commerce valued at $27.8 billion in 2024-25, in keeping with India’s Ministry of Exterior Affairs.
The third leg of Modi’s tour will embrace a gathering with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to “overview the complete bilateral relationship,” the ministry mentioned in a press launch.
Along with von der Leyen, they may also communicate on the European Trade Roundtable in Sweden.
Prime Minister von der Leyen additionally met with Prime Minister Modi on the sixteenth EU-India Summit in January, the place the EU efficiently accomplished negotiations on a free commerce settlement with New Delhi. The deal goals to scale back tariffs and purple tape, and the EU hopes it can enhance commerce and profit shoppers.
From there, PM Modi will transfer to Oslo for the third India-Nordic Summit, the place he’ll meet the leaders of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. India’s Ministry of Exterior Affairs mentioned the talks will concentrate on cooperation between the 2 nations in know-how, renewable vitality, defence, house and the Arctic area.
Prime Minister Modi’s tour will conclude in Italy on Might 20 with a go to to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
In 2024, Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Meloni dedicated to creating a “Joint Strategic Motion Plan” and agreed to construct cooperation in plenty of areas, together with safety and defence, and to advertise “secure and authorized migration routes.”
