Ahmedabad Times

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Rome on Tuesday (native time) for the ultimate leg of his five-nation tour, the place he’s scheduled to fulfill Italian President Sergio Mattarella, maintain bilateral talks with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and take part in diplomatic engagements earlier than departing for India on Wednesday.In a put up on X, PM Modi stated, “Landed in Rome, Italy. I will likely be assembly President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and holding discussions with them. This go to will concentrate on enhance India-Italy cooperation, particularly specializing in the India-Center East-Europe Financial Hall (IMEC). The Joint Strategic Motion Plan 2025-2029 will even be reviewed. I will even be visiting the Headquarters of the Meals and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and strengthening India’s dedication to multilateralism in addition to world meals safety.”The go to comes at a time when India and Italy are increasing cooperation throughout commerce, funding, defence and safety, clear power, innovation, science and expertise, and people-to-people exchanges underneath the Joint Strategic Motion Plan 2025-2029. Bilateral commerce between the 2 international locations reached USD 16.77 billion in 2025, whereas cumulative FDI stood at USD 3.66 billion between April 2000 and September 2025.PM Modi had beforehand visited Italy in June 2024 to attend the G7 Summit.Earlier than arriving in Rome, the prime minister was in Oslo, Norway, the place he participated within the third India-Nordic Summit and held engagements aimed toward strengthening India’s partnership with Nordic nations.The Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA), in a put up on X, stated, “PM Narendra Modi departs from Oslo after a profitable go to encompassing necessary outcomes which opens a brand new chapter in India-Nordic and India-Norway partnerships. Prime Minister Narendra Modi emplanes for Rome for his final leg of the 5-country go to.”Throughout the summit in Oslo, PM Modi met leaders from Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Sweden. Discussions targeted on enhancing cooperation in inexperienced expertise, local weather motion, commerce, innovation, synthetic intelligence, Arctic analysis and defence collaboration.India and the Nordic international locations additionally elevated their ties to a “Inexperienced Expertise and Innovation Strategic Partnership”, reaffirming their dedication to deeper cooperation based mostly on shared democratic values and sustainable growth targets.Norway marked the fourth leg of PM Modi’s five-nation go to. Earlier than visiting Oslo, he had travelled to the UAE, the Netherlands and Sweden.