Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Affairs and Worldwide Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday for his second go to to India this yr, highlighting the regular momentum in diplomatic exchanges between the 2 nations.
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal confirmed Tajani’s arrival in a put up on X, writing, “Heat welcome to Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of International Affairs and Worldwide Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, on his arrival in New Delhi. That is his second go to to India this yr. His engagements in Delhi and Mumbai will additional strengthen the India-Italy Strategic Partnership.”
Tajani’s go to is a part of ongoing efforts to advance bilateral cooperation.
As per a media advisory issued by the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA), he’ll meet Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in New Delhi on Wednesday earlier than continuing to Mumbai for official engagements on Thursday.
He’s scheduled to depart from Mumbai on Friday.
The go to comes shortly after a collection of high-level interactions between the 2 nations.
On November 23, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, the place each leaders mentioned increasing collaboration throughout key sectors, together with commerce, funding, defence, innovation, AI, area, and training.
Following their assembly, PM Modi wrote on X, “Had an excellent assembly with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The India-Italy Strategic Partnership is rising from power to power, drastically benefitting the folks of our nations.”
He added in one other put up, “We mentioned additional advancing our cooperation in sectors akin to commerce, funding, defence, innovation, AI, area, and training.”
Their talks additionally noticed the announcement of a joint initiative to fight terror financing, with the Prime Minister noting, “India and Italy are asserting a Joint Initiative for cooperation in combating financing of terrorism. This can be a mandatory and well timed effort, which can strengthen humanity’s struggle towards terrorism and its help networks.”
Tajani and Jaishankar final met on the sidelines of the eightieth United Nations Basic Meeting (UNGA) in New York in September, the place they reviewed bilateral cooperation and exchanged views on developments in a number of areas.
India and Italy, which established diplomatic ties in 1947, proceed to deepen their partnership, strengthened by rising financial engagement and vibrant people-to-people connections.