Overview
- India’s Ministry of External Affairs announced that Friedrich Merz will undertake a two-day visit next week for consultations with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Modi will receive Merz in Ahmedabad on January 12, with additional engagements scheduled in Bengaluru during the trip.
- The visit will review progress in the India–Germany Strategic Partnership, which marked its 25th year last year.
- Discussions will cover deeper cooperation in trade and investment, technology, education, skilling and mobility, defense and security, science and innovation, and people-to-people ties.
- Both leaders will meet business and industry figures and exchange views on regional and global issues, with talks held under the Inter-Governmental Consultations framework.