Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the strategic partnership between India and Germany has emerged as a strong anchor in a world that now faces tensions, conflicts, and uncertainty.
Speaking on the Seventh Inter-Governmental Consultations with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Modi said India-Germany ties were a transformational partnership of two capable and strong democracies and not a transactional relationship.
"The world is going through times of tensions, conflicts, and uncertainty. In the Indo-Pacific region, grave concerns have been raised about the rule of law and freedom of navigation. At such times, this strategic partnership between India and Germany has emerged as a strong anchor," Modi said.
This was actually the third visit of the German Chancellor to India. The event itself symbolizes the 'triple celebration' of the existing India-Germany friendship.
"We took some critical decisions regarding our bilateral cooperation in the last IGC in Berlin in 2022. We have seen encouraging progress, over two years, in different sectors of our strategic relations. There is increasing cooperation across defence, technology, energy, green, and sustainable development that have become symbols of mutual trust," Modi said.
The prime minister also welcomed the 'Focus on India' strategy announced by Germany.
"I am delighted that to further strengthen and enrich our partnership, we are undertaking a number of new and important initiatives and shifting from the whole of government' to the whole of nation approach," Modi said.
The IGC framework was launched in 2011 and allows a comprehensive review of cooperation and identification of new areas of engagement between the two countries across various sectors.
