Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bratislava on Monday, June 15, 2026, becoming the first Indian prime minister to travel to Slovakia since 1993 and holding delegation-level talks with Prime Minister Robert Fico and President Peter Pellegrini.
- The two governments upgraded relations to a Comprehensive Partnership and announced more than a dozen outcomes, including a defence Letter of Intent, a joint counterterrorism working group, a labour‑migration MoU and agreements on digital and AI cooperation.
- Leaders pledged to accelerate early implementation of the recently finalised India–EU free trade agreement to expand market access, with bilateral trade having risen to about $1.8 billion in 2025 and priorities set on automobiles, railways and advanced manufacturing.
- Agreements on defence production, cybersecurity and post‑quantum technologies, an India chair on artificial intelligence at a Slovak university, and continued space and civil nuclear cooperation signal deeper strategic and technology ties.
- Immediate follow‑up will focus on standing up the working groups, rolling out business and investment initiatives, and easing skilled worker mobility under the labour MoU, steps that could boost jobs, joint manufacturing and Slovak access for Indian firms into the EU market.