Highlights: India, Nordic nations agree to elevate ties to Green Technology and Innovation Strategic Partnership

Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Tuesday departed for Italy aft concluding a sojourn to Norway, wherever India-Nordic ties were elevated to a Green Technology and Innovation Strategic Partnership.

Modi is visiting Italy connected the invitation of his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni.

“Concluding a precise fruitful sojourn to Norway,” helium said successful a station connected X.

“Held productive talks with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store and participated successful the India-Nordic Summit, wherever important decisions were taken to deepen practice successful galore areas. I convey the radical of Norway, PM Store and the Government of Norway for their warmth and friendship,” helium added. 

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In this epoch of planetary tensions, India and Nordic nations volition proceed to enactment unneurotic to fortify rules-based planetary order, says PM Modi. 

Whether it is Ukraine oregon West Asia, we volition proceed to enactment efforts for bid and aboriginal extremity of conflicts, helium adds. 

“We person wide and agreed basal connected coercion - No compromise, nary treble standards,” PM Modi says. 

We hold that betterment of multilateral institutions is some indispensable and urgent, helium adds. 

Our shared committedness to democracy, regularisation of law, and multilateralism makes america earthy partners, says PM Modi astatine India-Nordic summit. 

Since October 2025, India signed commercialized and economical agreements with Norway, Iceland and different Nordic countries, PM Modi adds. 

With the FTA betwixt India and Europe, we are astatine opening of a caller aureate era, Mr, Modi says.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Tuesday discussed ways to further fortify bilateral ties successful areas specified arsenic cleanable energy, trade, sustainability and digitalisation during abstracted meetings with his counterparts from Iceland, Finland and Denmark.

The Prime Minister held the meetings up of the 3rd India-Nordic Summit.

During his talks with Iceland Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir, Finland Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, PM Modi discussed the wide trajectory of bilateral relations betwixt India and the 3 Nordic nations.

“Had a fantastic gathering with Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir of Iceland. India profoundly values the relationship with Iceland,” Mr. Modi said successful a societal media station aft the gathering with the Icelandic premier.

He said the 2 sides discussed ways to amended ties successful areas specified arsenic cleanable energy, fisheries, sustainability, geothermal vigor and c seizure and storage.

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Congress person Rahul Gandhi connected Tuesday (May 19) took a swipe astatine Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking if Norway agreed to his “personal request” to region Adani from the pension money achromatic list.

Mr. Gandhi posed his query aft Norway’s sovereign wealthiness money dropped Adani Green from its portfolio successful February.- PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Tuesday (May 19) discussed ways to further fortify bilateral ties successful areas specified arsenic commercialized and renewable vigor during abstracted meetings with his counterparts from Iceland, Finland and Denmark.

PM Modi held the meetings up of the 3rd India-Nordic Summit.

During his talks with Iceland Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir, Finland Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, PM Modi discussed the wide trajectory of bilateral relations betwixt India and the 3 Nordic nations.

The Nordic countries notation to a geopolitical and taste portion successful Northern Europe and the North Atlantic. It comprises Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. - PTI

PM Modi holds bilateral talks with his Finnish counterpart Petteri Orpo. 

India tin amended its ‘ease of doing business’ by streamlining regulatory frameworks and addressing “ground level challenges”, Norwegian manufacture leaders told Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a candid speech astatine the India-Norway Business and Research Summit held successful Oslo connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) 

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The Ministry of External Affairs defended India’s grounds connected ideology connected Monday (May 18 2026), for the 2nd clip during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s European tour, over the PM’s determination not to instrumentality questions from the press.

During the associated property quality with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Mr. Modi was confronted by a Norwegian writer who stood up and asked him to respond to media questions, arsenic was the norm successful the European country. Later successful the day, aft the aforesaid writer asked the Ministry of External Affairs connected the contented arsenic good arsenic quality rights during a briefing, a elder MEA authoritative said that India is simply a “civilizational country”.

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen erstwhile again called for an concern statement betwixt India and the European Union (EU), terming it a “missing portion of the puzzle” successful the practice plans of the 2 economies.

Ms. von der Leyen was speaking astatine the European Business Round Table for Industry successful Gothenburg, Sweden, wherever Prime Minister Narendra Modi besides delivered his address.

On Tuesday (May 19), Mr. Modi volition conscionable Nordic leaders from Denmark, Sweden, and Finland astatine the Nordic India Summit wherever the India-EU escaped commercialized statement volition beryllium discussed again.

India and Norway person differences, but they indispensable unite against countries that “weaponise” diplomacy, commercialized and technology, said Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre successful Oslo connected Monday (May 18, 2026) aft talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, arsenic the 2 countries upgraded ties to a “Green Strategic Partnership”.