Picture : Twitter / ANIPrime Minister Narendra Modi will be on an official visit to three European countries -Germany, Denmark and France – from May 2-4, the External Affairs Ministry (MEA) said on Wednesday.
In a statement, the MEA said this will be the Prime Minister’s first visit abroad in 2022. In Berlin, Prime Minister will hold bilateral talks with Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor of Germany, and the two leaders will co-chair the sixth edition of the India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC).
PM Modi will thereafter travel to Copenhagen at the invitation of Denmark PM Mette Frederiksen. He’ll also participate in 2nd India-Nordic Summit being hosted by Denmark. On his return journey on May 4 PM will briefly stopover in Paris and meet French President Emmanuel Macron pic.twitter.com/KJtotUWwz0
— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2022
The biennial IGC is a unique dialogue format that also sees the participation of several Ministers from both sides.
This will be Prime Minister’s first IGC with Chancellor Scholz, and also the first such Government-to-Government consultations of the new German government, which assumed office in December 2021.