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Chancellor Merz telephones Prime Minister Modi to review the Strategic Partnership
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a telephone call from Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Marking 75 years of diplomatic relations, the leaders reviewed the India-Germany Strategic Partnership and reaffirmed cooperation in trade and investment, advanced technologies, clean energy, defense, education and talent mobility, and exchanged views on regional and global developments.
Source: Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a telephone call from the Chancellor of Germany (September 10, 2026), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
Prime Minister Modi meets Chancellor Merz at the G7 Summit in Evian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Evian, France, their second meeting this year. They welcomed the signing of the Defence Industrial Cooperation Roadmap and the operationalisation of transit visa waiver for Indian nationals transiting through Germany. Chancellor Merz invited the Prime Minister for the 8th Inter-Governmental Consultations in Germany later this year.
Source: Prime Minister’s meeting with Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany on the sidelines of G7 Summit, Evian, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
Chancellor Merz makes first official visit to India; leaders hold talks in Ahmedabad
Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz paid an official visit to India from 12-13 January 2026, his first official visit to India and first visit to Asia as Chancellor, with 23 German CEOs. He held talks with Prime Minister Modi in Ahmedabad on 12 January 2026. The leaders welcomed a new Track 1.5 Foreign Policy and Security Dialogue.
Source: India - Germany Joint Statement (January 12, 2026), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
India and Germany sign agreements on defence industry, semiconductors and critical minerals
Documents concluded during Chancellor Merz's visit included Joint Declarations of Intent on defence industrial cooperation, a CEO Forum, a semiconductor ecosystem partnership, critical minerals and telecommunications, a green ammonia offtake agreement between AM Green and Uniper, and an Indo-German Roadmap on Higher Education. Announcements included visa free transit for Indian passport holders transiting through Germany.
Source: List of Outcomes: Visit of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany to India (January 12-13, 2026), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
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