(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign Minister Antonio Tajani had a “very friendly” meeting with strategic partner India’s prime minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday, Tajani wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
“Italy and India are countries linked by a growing and solid friendship, and are mutual strategic partners,” read the post.
“The goal is to have ‘more India in Italy and more Italy in Indi’, including through the IMEC corridor linking our two countries via Asia, the Middle East and Africa,” Tajani went on.
“With our governments, we will strengthen our commitment to achieving peace in Ukraine and the Middle East,” Tajani underlined.
Tajani’s three-day visit to New Delhi and Mumbai is aimed at deepening political and economic ties with the Asian powerhouse, which Italy wants to do 20 billion euros of trade with annually by 2029.
The value of trade between Italy and India hit 14.3 billion last year, with exports worth 5.2 billion (+0.8%) and imports 9.1 billion (-0.4%), according to foreign ministry data.
With robust economic growth (+6.5% in 2024) and a growing population (1.4 billion, e.g. one-sixth of the world’s population), India offers an array of opportunities for Italian companies, especially in the high-tech, machinery, space, defence, infrastructure, renewable energy, and digitalization sectors, according to the foreign ministry.
