PM Modi meets Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Kyriakos Mitsotakis is current prime Minister of Greece, he reached national Capital Delhi on Tuesday, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi welcomed the Greek PM at the airport. Also he is the first Greece PM who visited India in 16 years. It is also believed that his visit is a follow up of PM Modi’s visit to Athens (Capital of Greece) in August 2023. This was also a first visit of Indian PM to Greece in 40 Years.
Notably, Mitsotakis is the Chief Guest and Keynote Speaker at the Raisina Dialogue 2024, which is scheduled to take place from February 21 to February 23.
PM Modi and PM Mitsotakis had some bilateral discussions and also Lunch was hosted by PM modi in honor of Greek Leader.
After the talks, Greece PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, accompanied by his wife Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis, paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in Delhi.
India- Greece relationship upgraded to a strategic partnership during PM Modi’s visit to Greece last year, PM Mitsotakis is also scheduled to visit Mumbai during his trip.
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Mitsotakis said he’s in India for the first time in my official capacity. He said that together with Prime Minister Modi, “we continue building on the positive momentum in our bilateral relationship”.
“The joint declaration that we signed in Athens a few months ago and which upgraded our relationship to a strategic level is already being put into practice. And as the Prime Minister said, we are making significant progress towards deepening the strategic cooperation in all spheres- security and defence, investment and trade, science and technology, cyberspace, education, culture, tourism, agriculture,” Mitsotakis said.
He said during the joint press conference that India and Greece will “finalize very quickly a very important agreement on migration and mobility”.
“It will constitute a very important step towards strengthening our cooperation in issues such as illegal migration, fighting human trafficking, but also offering young Indians an opportunity to come and work in Greece and benefit from the growth of our economy…,” he said.
The Greek PM said the country support India’s candidacy to the UN Security Council for the period of 2028-29. “We also support and participate in the border dialogue about reforming the UN itself in order to make it more representative of the shifting patterns of development and global order,” he added.
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In India, opportunities if co-production and co-development in defence manufacturing are coming up, this will be beneficial for both the countries. We have agreed to the collaboration between the defense sectors of both the countries,” PM Modi said.
“In the fight against terrorism, India and Greece have the same concerns and priorities. In this sector, we held a detailed discussion in further strengthening our cooperation in this sector,” PM Modi said.
PM Modi said India and Greece also emphasised on promoting the collaboration in the field of higher education institution in the two countries.
The Prime Minister also mentioned that India and Greece will celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations next year. To mark the occasion, “we decided to prepare an action plan that will enable us to showcase the common heritage of our two countries in science and technology, innovation, sports and other areas on the global stage…,” the Prime Minister said.
During a joint press conference, PM Modi said, “it’s a matter of happiness” that India and Greece “are heading towards doubling the bilateral trade by 2030“. Speaking at a joint press, PM Modi said the visit of the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to India after 16 years is a historic occasion. His statement came after the two leader held talks on Wednesday.