The EAM also noted 'steady growth of bilateral trade & investment, enhanced people-to-people exchanges' and political cooperation between the countries.
At Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue, Ackermann stressed on expanding security footprint in region, terming it ‘key to global stability, rules-based order & reflection of our shared future’.
Parliamentary State Secretary Johann Saathoff leads a business delegation to Chennai & New Delhi. Ties have deepened in last few years, with a particular focus in renewable energy.
In conversation with ThePrint, Ambassador Philipp Ackermann says skilled Indian workers are welcome in Germany. ‘Indians are considered diligent, industrious people’.
The external affairs minister met with visiting German counterpart Johann Wadephul Wednesday, days after PM Narendra Modi had a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Wadephul in a joint briefing with Jaishankar in Berlin Friday, said that Germany & India have been fostering a dialogue on the fight against terrorism for years & aim to intensify it.
Earlier Thursday, the EAM also chaired the regional conference of Ambassadors in Europe, where he discussed Operation Sindoor and India's message of zero tolerance for terrorism.
China wants to disregard India’s global status as the key factor forcing its hand toward military disengagement. But it can’t ignore New Delhi’s engagements with the US and its allies.
Scholz, who met Modi Friday, is in India for 7th round of intergovernmental consultations along with some senior German ministers. Both countries signed a number of agreements.
Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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