{"id":316242,"date":"2019-11-01T04:11:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T04:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=316242"},"modified":"2019-11-01T04:11:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T04:11:13","slug":"german-chancellor-angela-merkel-arrives-in-delhi-to-meet-pm-modi-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/german-chancellor-angela-merkel-arrives-in-delhi-to-meet-pm-modi-today\/","title":{"rendered":"German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives in Delhi, to meet PM Modi today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316243 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/angela.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"737\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/angela.jpg 737w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/angela-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/angela-324x235.jpg 324w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/angela-696x503.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/angela-581x420.jpg 581w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/>German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in the National Capital on Thursday night on a two-day visit during which she will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on various bilateral issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0\u201cEnriching the strategic texture of our relationship. German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Delhi beginning her State visit to India during which she, along with PM @narendramodi will co-chair the 5th IGC. This would be the 5th meeting between the leaders within a year,\u201d Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Under the IGC format, the counterpart Ministers from both countries will hold initial discussions in their respective areas of responsibility. The outcome of these discussions will be reported on at the IGC Co-Chaired by the Prime Minister and the Federal Chancellor of Germany, MEA had earlier said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The German Chancellor will also call on President Ram Nath Kovind in the evening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Both, PM Modi and Angela Merkel will have a separate engagement with CEOs and business leaders of both countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">India and Germany have established a Strategic Partnership that is characterized by a high degree of trust and mutual understanding. The two Leaders have regularly interacted on the sidelines of multilateral meetings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Germany is a leading trade and investment partner. During the IGC, the two sides will discuss the deepening of cooperation in traditional sectors such as transport, skill development and energy, and explore possibilities for cooperation in newer areas like green urban mobility, AI, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Modi and Merkel will also exchange views on regional and global matters of mutual interest, the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in the National Capital on Thursday night on a two-day visit during which she will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on various bilateral issues. \u00a0\u201cEnriching the strategic texture of our relationship. German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Delhi beginning her State visit to India during which she, along [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":316243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1961,2009,2014],"tags":[9944,1427],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316244,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316242\/revisions\/316244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/316243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}