German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in India on Saturday on a two-day go to that’s anticipated to additional increase the general bilateral relations in quite a lot of key areas, together with new applied sciences, clear power and commerce and funding.

Scholz will maintain wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at round 11:45 am, protecting the Ukraine battle, the state of affairs within the Indo-Pacific area and methods to spice up bilateral ties.

It is Scholz’s first go to to India after he turned the German chancellor in December 2021 following Angela Merkel’s historic 16-year tenure on the prime publish.

People acquainted with the broad agenda of the Modi-Scholz talks mentioned the results of the Russia-Ukraine battle are anticipated to determine prominently in the course of the deliberations.

They mentioned the talks can even give attention to increasing cooperation within the areas of commerce, defence, clear power, local weather change and new applied sciences.

The two leaders are additionally anticipated to delve into the general state of affairs within the Indo-Pacific, a area that has witnessed rising Chinese assertiveness in the previous couple of years.

Modi and Scholz held bilateral talks within the Indonesian resort metropolis of Bali on November 16 final 12 months on the sidelines of the G20 summit.

The first assembly between the 2 leaders came about throughout Modi’s go to to Berlin on May 2 final 12 months for the sixth India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC).

It was adopted by Modi’s go to to the Alpine fortress of Schloss Elmau in southern Germany on June 26 and 27 to attend the annual summit of the G7 grouping.

Scholz invited Modi for the G7 summit below the German presidency.

The ties between India and Germany have been on an upswing in a variety of key areas in the previous couple of years.

Scholz will go away for Bengaluru on Sunday morning and is ready to depart from the capital metropolis of Karnataka at round 5:30 pm.