Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chancellor Friedrich Merz unveiled a package reported as 19 agreements, including a roadmap for defence industrial cooperation and joint development and production.
- New mobility measures include easier pathways for Indian healthcare professionals to work in Germany and a visa‑free transit facility for Indian passport holders.
- Germany committed deeper military‑to‑military links, including deploying a German Navy liaison officer to India’s Information Fusion Centre–Indian Ocean Region and broadening exercises and exchanges.
- Talks on a proposed six‑submarine project involving Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Mazagon Dock are in price negotiations with no contract announced during the visit.
- With bilateral trade around $50–51 billion, a large German CEO delegation joined the visit as both leaders pressed for early conclusion of the India–EU free trade agreement and advanced cooperation on semiconductors, critical minerals and green energy.