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India and the Netherlands connected Saturday (May 16, 2026) decided to elevate their narration to the strategical concern level pursuing extended talks betwixt Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Dutch counterpart Rob Jetten amid shifting planetary geopolitics.
Mr. Modi began his two-day sojourn to The Hague connected Friday (May 15, 2026) arsenic portion of a four-nation travel to Europe that is aimed astatine ramping up bilateral ties successful a scope of cardinal areas.
India and the Netherlands besides inked a fig of agreements to further heighten their practice successful a scope of areas.
"There has been important advancement successful India-Netherlands ties successful past 1 decade," Mr. Modi said successful his televised opening remarks during the talks with Dutch PM Jetten.
Netherlands is 1 of India's largest trading destinations successful Europe, with bilateral commercialized touching $27.8 cardinal successful 2024-25. The European federation is India's 4th largest capitalist with cumulative overseas nonstop concern of $55.6 billion.
In his remarks, the Prime Minister said India considers the Netherlands among its astir important partners arsenic the humanities and radical to radical relations betwixt the 2 sides are "deep" rooted.
"Democratic values, marketplace system and liable behaviour are portion of our communal approach. Our practice successful areas of Water, healthcare and acquisition has been making the lives of our radical better," helium said.
Mr. Modi besides highlighted India's economical growth.
The Prime Minister suggested that determination should beryllium convergence of the Netherlands' expertise and India's "speed and skill" successful each sector.
"We request to instrumentality our practice successful areas of innovation, investment, sustainability, and defence to caller heights. Under this communal vision, we are taking India-Netherlands relations to the level of strategical partnership," Mr. Modi said.
In his comments, Mr. Jetten besides highlighted assorted cardinal aspects of increasing ties betwixt the 2 countries and announced elevating the relations to the level of strategical partnership.
Ahead of the bilateral talks, PM Modi, on with Mr. Jetten, interacted with salient CEOs of starring Dutch companies crossed assorted sectors specified arsenic energy, ports, health, agriculture trade, and technology, among others.
Modi invites Dutch companies to India
PM Modi invited Dutch companies to research opportunities successful India, peculiarly successful maritime, renewable energy, integer technologies, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and healthcare sectors.
"We are continuously reducing compliance and expanding the easiness of doing business. We person precocious carried retired next-generation reforms successful taxation, labour code, and governance," helium told the concern leaders.
Mr. Modi said manufacturing successful India is becoming precise cost-effective, and successful the services sector, it has go the motor of ratio and innovation.
"We invitation each of you to plan and innovate successful India. There tin beryllium nary amended clip for this than today," Mr. Modi said.
"Today's India is simply a awesome of standard and stability. In presumption of scale, we are besides the fastest-growing large system successful the satellite and the world's largest endowment pool. Infrastructure, cleanable vigor oregon connectivity – nary 1 successful the satellite tin lucifer India's speed," helium said.
"And connected the taxable of stability, I person completed 12 years of serving arsenic the Prime Minister of the world's largest democracy. In these 12 years, with continuous reforms, we person transformed our economical DNA. Our absorption has been wide – to springiness argumentation predictability to the backstage assemblage and summation opportunities for them," helium added.
Mr. Modi said his authorities has opened up each assemblage for the backstage sector, beryllium it space, mining oregon atomic energy.
The 2 Prime Ministers underlined the value of aboriginal implementation of the India-EU-FTA.
