Amid Gulf battle, PM on a five-nation journey from Could 15 | India Information
4 min learnNew DelhiCould 12, 2026 03:58 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go on a five-nation journey from Could 15 to twentythroughout which he’ll go to the United Arab Emirates, The Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Italy, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs introduced on Monday.
Modi will start his go to from the UAE on Could 15. Thereafter, he’ll go to The Netherlands (Could 15-17), Sweden (Could 17-18), Norway (Could 18-19) and Italy (Could 19-20).
In Norway, he’ll attend the India-Nordic Summit on Could 19, which might be attended by leaders from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway. PM’s go to to Norway for the Summit was scheduled in Could final 12 months, however was cancelled after Op Sindoor.
In regards to the UAE leg, the MEA mentioned, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays an official go to to the United Arab Emirates on Could 15, 2026, the place he’ll meet the President of the UAE, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The 2 leaders could have the chance to change views on bilateral points, specifically vitality cooperation, in addition to regional and worldwide problems with mutual curiosity. They can even talk about methods to advance the bilateral Complete Strategic Partnership underpinned by robust political, cultural, financial and people-to-people hyperlinks.” “The go to will serve to advertise the numerous commerce and funding linkages between the 2 international locations,” it mentioned.
At a time when India is navigating safety and financial challenges amidst the instability in West Asia, the last-minute addition of the UAE is critical.
For the second leg of his go to, PM Modi might be visiting The Netherlands from Could 15-17, the place he’ll meet Dutch PM Rob Jetten.
In the course of the go to, he’ll name on Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima as nicely.
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In his talks with Prime Minister Jetten, Modi will talk about cooperation in “defence, safety, innovation, inexperienced hydrogen, semiconductors and a strategic partnership on water”.
The MEA mentioned, “Prime Minister’s go to early within the tenure of the brand new (Dutch) authorities will present a possibility to additional deepen and develop the multifaceted partnership.”
For the third leg of the go to, PM Modi will meet Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson on May17-18 at Gothenburg, Sweden.
The MEA mentioned, “PM Modi will maintain bilateral talks with PM Kristersson to evaluation your complete gamut of bilateral relations and discover new avenues of cooperation to reinforce bilateral commerce, which has reached $7.75 billion (2025), and Swedish FDI into India which has reached $2.825 billion (2000 – 2025), in addition to collaboration in inexperienced transition, AI, rising applied sciences, startups, resilient provide chains, defence, house, local weather motion and people-to-people ties.”
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The 2 prime ministers can even handle the European Spherical Desk for Business, a number one pan-European enterprise leaders discussion board, together with Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Fee.
Within the fourth leg of his go to, Prime Minister Modi will go to Norway from Could 18 to 19 for the Third India-Nordic Summit and bilateral engagements. This might be Modi’s first go to to Norway, and the primary go to by an Indian PM in 43 years.
He can even name on King Harald V and Queen Sonja, and maintain bilateral talks with Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre.
The third India-Nordic Summit will happen in Oslo on Could 19. Right here, PM Modi might be joined by Norwegian PM Støre, Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen, Finland PM Petteri Orpo, Iceland PM Kristrún Frostadóttir and Swedish PM Kristersson.
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Within the closing leg, Modi will go to Italy on Could 19-20 and meet Italian PM Giorgia Meloni. He can even name on Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella.
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