New Delhi: German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in New Delhi early on Monday on a three-day visit.
She was received by Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha at Air Force Station Palam.
Later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed her at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
During her visit, she will address the 3rd Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC) between India and Germany.
The IGC is a unique Summit-level dialogue with Cabinet participation of both Governments that helps advance the bilateral partnership across the whole range of priority areas of mutual interest between the two countries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold discussions on wide range of issues with Merkel when they meet. The key issues like bilateral engagement in defence, security, education, renewable energy, high technology manufacturing, skill development, science and technology, railways, water and waste management, urban development and agriculture will be discussed. They will also exchange views on regional and global issues of common concern.
Merkel will visit Bengaluru on Oct 6 along with PM Modi, where both will participate in a business event hosted by NASSCOM on Industry 4.0 and also visit the innovation and skilling centres at the German company M/s Bosch.
India and Germany are strategic partners since 2001.
