EAM’s Opening Remarks during meeting with German Foreign Minister

Excellency,

Let me welcome you and your delegation on what is your first visit to India as the Foreign Minister of Germany. That this is happening just a few months after my own visit to Berlin in May I think is a statement in itself. We are also aware that this is one of your early visits outside Europe, and we appreciate your coming to India very much.

Now, as you noted before your departure from Germany, we are marking 25 years of strategic partnership, 50 years of scientific cooperation, almost 60 years of cultural agreements and as you saw in Bengaluru, more than a century of business interactions.

I am glad that you had an opportunity on this visit to go to Bengaluru, and see the immense potential of our cooperation in technology. I am also very pleased that you brought along with you a very strong business delegation and some Members of Parliament.

So today, I look forward to an in - depth discussion on the various dimensions of our bilateral cooperation. By doing so, we would also be preparing for a fruitful Inter-Governmental Consultations later. It will certainly be insightful for us to hear from you Germany’s perspectives on key global and regional issues. We count on your support to deepen our relationship with the European Union and expedite the FTA negotiations. India and Germany have a strong history of multilateral cooperation which I am confident will be further advanced through our talks today.

Once again, a very, very warm welcome and I would invite you to make your opening remarks.

New Delhi
September 03, 2025