Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is expected to visit India for a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, likely in February.
The Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, is likely to be in India for a bilateral with Prime Minister Narendra Modi early next year, possibly in February. This decision comes after a telephonic conversation between the two leaders very recently. Her bilateral meeting could be right after the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Impact Summit on February 19-20 next year, where she has been invited to speak.
Meloni, prime minister since 2022, and Modi have met five times, the last one during the G-7 in Kananaskis, Canada, in mid-June. She was also in New Delhi during the G-20 meeting. Before the Meloni visit, Antonio Tajani, deputy prime minister and also, foreign minister is expected here. Tajani has been in India recently, in April. Modi is likely to be in Rome sometime in 2026, after the Meloni visit.
While the economy, defence and science and technology are important part of the relationship, space is becoming an increasingly big segment. Later this month, an Italian delegation (businessmen in the space sector and scientists) will visit New Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad in an attempt to build closer ties with the space sector here.