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Federal Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, arrived astatine the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport aboriginal connected Monday (January 12, 2026) morning. He is connected an authoritative sojourn to India from January 12-13 astatine the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PM Modi volition conscionable Friedrich Merz contiguous successful Ahmedabad. This volition beryllium Mr. Merz’s archetypal authoritative sojourn to India.
At astir 9:30 a.m, connected January 12, the 2 leaders volition sojourn the Sabarmati Ashram and astatine astir 10 a.m., they volition enactment successful the International Kite Festival astatine the Sabarmati Riverfront. This volition beryllium followed by bilateral engagements from 11:15 a.m. onwards astatine Mahatma Mandir successful Gandhinagar.
The 2 leaders volition reappraisal advancement connected the India-Germany Strategic Partnership, which precocious marked its 25th anniversary. Their treatment volition besides absorption connected further intensifying practice successful commercialized and investment, technology, education, skilling and mobility, portion advancing collaboration successful cardinal areas of defence and security, science, innovation and research, greenish and sustainable development, and people-to-people ties.
Prime Minister Modi and Chancellor Merz volition besides speech views connected issues of determination and planetary value and prosecute with concern and manufacture leaders of the 2 countries.
The sojourn is expected to physique connected momentum from regular high-level governmental interactions and supply an accidental to reaffirm India and Germany’s shared imaginativeness to make a forward-looking concern for the payment of some countries and the wider planetary community.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chancellor Merz past held discussions connected the sidelines of the G7 Summit successful Canada, wherever the 2 leaders agreed to further broaden the bilateral strategical partnership.
During that interaction, Prime Minister Modi extended an invitation to the German Chancellor for an authoritative sojourn to New Delhi.The sojourn is besides taking spot successful the lead-up to the India-EU Summit scheduled for January 27.
The sojourn is important arsenic German Ambassador to India Philipp Ackermann connected Saturday (January 10, 2026) spoke astir practice betwixt India and Germany successful defence and information areas, asserting that the strategical concern betwixt the nations has grown implicit the years.
