Business first as Merkel meets Modi today

October 05, 2015 09:05

Angela Merkel, who arrived in New Delhi on Sunday night accompanied by a delegation of several cabinet ministers and top officials, will hold wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.

The talks between Modi and Merkel are likely to focus on deepening bilateral engagement in defence, security, education, renewable energy, high technology, skill development, science and technology, railways, water and waste management, urban development and agriculture.

Merkel's visit comes around six months after the prime minister's tour of Germany and there have been expectations of 'path-breaking results' from the summit-level Inter-Governmental Consultations between the two leaders, who have been pushing for taking the ties to higher trajectory.

Both the leaders are expected to delve deep on removing bottlenecks for expanding bilateral trade and investments.

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