Overview

• Modi and Meloni spoke by phone on September 10 and reaffirmed the India–Italy Strategic Partnership under the 2025–29 action plan.
• They reviewed cooperation across investment, defence, security, space, science and technology, education, counter-terrorism, and people-to-people ties.
• Modi thanked Meloni for Italy’s support to conclude a mutually beneficial India–EU free trade agreement, with negotiators holding the 13th round in New Delhi.
• The leaders agreed to promote connectivity through the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor.
• They endorsed an early, peaceful resolution to the war in Ukraine, as Italy’s statement avoided reference to reported U.S. requests for EU tariffs on Indian imports.