Team News Riveting
New Delhi, June 15
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni shared a selfie video with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, captioned “Hello from the Melodi team,” showcasing their camaraderie during latter’s visit to Apulia, southern Italy.
The Prime Minister thanked Meloni for inviting him to the G7 Summit. In response, Modi reshared the video, expressing, “Long live India-Italy friendship!”
Earlier on Saturday, a viral selfie of the leaders at the G7 Summit circulated online. They previously shared a selfie during the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai last December, with Meloni noting, “Good friends at COP28, #Melodi.”
Modi arrived in Italy early Friday at the invitation of Ms Meloni to participate in the G7 Outreach summit. This was his first foreign trip after becoming prime minister for the historic third straight term.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on the sidelines of the G7 Summit and discussed the bilateral relations. During their bilateral talks, Modi described his meeting with Meloni as productive, focusing on enhancing India-Italy relations in commerce, energy, defense, telecom, biofuels, food processing, and critical minerals.
“The two leaders noted with satisfaction the regular higher political dialogue and reviewed progress of the India-Italy Strategic Partnership,” the PMO said.
“While expressing happiness at growing trade and economic collaboration, they called for expanding commercial ties in clean energy, manufacturing, Space, S&T, telecom, AI, and critical minerals to build resilient supply chains. In this context, they welcomed the recent signing of an MoU on Industrial Property Rights (IPR) which provides a framework for cooperation on patents, designs, and trademarks,” the official statement read further.
