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New Delhi, April 27: The External Affairs Ministry (MEA) said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to three European countries – Germany, Denmark, and France – from May 2-4. The MEA said in a statement that this will be the Prime Minister’s first overseas trip in 2022.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, and the two leaders will co-chair the sixth edition of the India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC).
The biennial IGC is a unique debate format in which numerous Ministers from both sides participate. This will be Prime Minister May’s first IGC with Chancellor Scholz, as well as the new German government’s first Government-to-Government consultations since taking office in December 2021.
PM Modi will thereafter travel to Copenhagen at the invitation of Denmark PM Mette Frederiksen. He'll also participate in 2nd India-Nordic Summit being hosted by Denmark. On his return journey on May 4 PM will briefly stopover in Paris and meet French President Emmanuel Macron pic.twitter.com/KJtotUWwz0
— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2022
Prime Minister and Chancellor Scholz will also give a joint speech at a business event during their visit. The Prime Minister will speak to the Indian community in Germany and interact with them.
India and Germany will celebrate 70 years of diplomatic relations in 2021, and have been strategic allies since 2000. This visit will provide an opportunity for the two governments to strengthen and expand collaboration in a variety of areas, as well as to exchange views on regional and global issues of mutual importance.
Following that, PM Modi will go to Copenhagen on an official visit at the request of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. He will also attend the 2nd India-Nordic Summit, which will be held in Denmark.
Talks with Prime Minister Frederiksen and an audience with Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II will be part of the bilateral component of the visit. The Green Strategic Partnership between India and Denmark was the first of its kind.
During the 2nd India-Nordic Summit, Prime Minister will also interact with other Nordic leaders, including Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir of Iceland, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store of Norway, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson of Sweden and Prime Minister Sanna Marin of Finland.
