Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, accompanied by the delegation which also includes Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, was welcomed in New Delhi by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, the presidential palace, for his first visit to the country . Two days will follow in Abu Dhabi.
Meloni, after the homage at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial, met with Modi.
"It was a wonderful welcome . It is my first bilateral trip to Asia since the beginning of the mandate, on the 75th anniversary of our bilateral relations and I am sure that we will be able to strengthen them,” she told reporters.
"I think there are also many elements of closeness to our vision: there is a lot of material on which to work together starting from some sectors on which we would like to strengthen cooperation, I am thinking of the theme of Defense, energy security ", he added. "India - he underlined - sets itself great objectives from this point of view, its desire to work in an extremely strong way on the issue of energy production from renewable sources is a strategic choice that I consider particularly intelligent, and something on which surely we can cooperate. Also on the digital transition we are working on very important projects that connect our nations".
Hence the message left by the Italian premier on the honor book at the Gandhi Memorial, the Raj Ghat: "There are few examples in the world of a man who, alone, has accomplished the resurrection of his country with the power of thought and the extreme dedication throughout life. Thus the great Mahatma Gandhi spoke of Giuseppe Mazzini, one of the fathers of the Italian Risorgimento, a source of inspiration also for the Indian one. Two patriots who have shown the way for our peoples with their actions and works. Italy and India, millenary civilizations that fought for their independence and are today united in the defense of democracy and freedom”.
"In New Delhi for the G20 Foreign Ministers' summit. Energy transition, technological transformation, food and energy security, immigration. Italy wants to be the protagonist of global challenges": writes Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Twitter.
(Unioneonline/ss)