India-Italy@75 — Italian PM Meloni meets Modi & ministers on India visit
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni received a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Thursday. This is Meloni’s first visit to India, and an Italian PM's first in 5 years.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni during her ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
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New Delhi: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni received a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Thursday. Meloni is the chief guest and keynote speaker at the inaugural session of the eighth Raisina Dialogue.
She later held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House, where both leaders exchanged views on taking bilateral ties forward.
This is Meloni’s first visit to India, and an Italian PM’s first in 5 years.
The Modi government has decided to create an action plan to celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between India and Italy this year.
“With this, we will be able to show the achievements of both countries’ diversity, history, science and technology, innovation, sports, and other fields on the global stage,” said PM Modi.
“Today, we’re announcing the establishment of a ‘Start Up Bridge’ between India and Italy. We welcome this. There is one more sector wherein both the countries are beginning a new chapter, that is — defence cooperation,” he added.
ThePrint’s Praveen Jain brings you pictures from the ceremonial reception and the bilateral talks.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni during her ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan | Praveen Jain | ThePrintPrime Minister Narendra Modi meets his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni | Praveen Jain | ThePrintPrime Minister Narendra Modi with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni | Praveen Jain | ThePrintItalian PM Giorgia Meloni welcomed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rashtrapati Bhavan | Praveen Jain | ThePrintPrime Minister Narendra Modi with Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni | Praveen Jain | ThePrintModi and Meloni at the Rashtrapati Bhavan | Praveen Jain | ThePrintLeft to Right: Cabinet ministers Smriti Irani and Nitin Gadkari, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rashtrapati Bhavan | Praveen Jain | ThePrintItalian PM Giorgia Meloni after inspecting a guard of honour at Rashtrapati Bhavan | Praveen Jain | ThePrintItalian PM Giorgia Meloni interacts with PM Narendra Modi and Union ministers | Praveen Jain | ThePrintPM Narendra Modi with his ministerial colleagues during the National Anthem at Rashtrapati Bhavan | Praveen Jain | ThePrintPM Narendra Modi introducing Italian PM Giorgia Meloni to civil servants during her ceremonial reception | Praveen Jain | ThePrintPrime Minister Narendra Modi with Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni at Hyderabad House | Praveen Jain | ThePrintMeloni at her joint press conference with Modi after their meeting at Hyderabad House | Praveen Jain | ThePrintModi and Meloni share a light moment at Hyderabad House | Praveen Jain | ThePrintPrime Minister Narendra Modi greets his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni upon her arrival at Hyderabad House | Praveen Jain | ThePrintUnion ministers Hardeep Puri and Anurag Thakur after the ceremonial reception | Praveen Jain | ThePrintUnion ministers Smriti Irani and Nitin Gadkari at Rashtrapati Bhavan | Praveen Jain | ThePrintNeena Malhotra, India’s Ambassador to Italy, with senior Indian Foreign Service officer Anshuman Gaur during the ceremonial reception | Praveen Jain | ThePrintP.K. Mishra, principal secretary to the Prime Minister of India, and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval at the Modi-Meloni press conference at Hyderabad House | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
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