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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived successful the Netherlands connected Friday (May 15, 2026) connected the 2nd limb of his five-nation tour, during which helium volition clasp talks with his Dutch counterpart Rob Jetten to further deepen bilateral practice successful areas specified arsenic trade, technology, defence and renewable energy.
PM Modi was received astatine the airdrome by Rear Admiral Ludger Brummelaar, Adjutant-General and Chief of the Military Household of His Majesty the King; Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen; and India’s Ambassador to the Netherlands Kumar Tuhin, on with different elder officials of the Dutch Government.
“Landed successful Amsterdam. This sojourn to the Netherlands comes astatine a clip erstwhile the India-E.U. Free Trade Agreement has fixed a large impetus to commercialized and concern linkages,” the Prime Minister said successful a societal media station soon aft his arrival.
“It offers an accidental to deepen relations successful areas similar semiconductors, water, cleanable vigor and more,” helium added.
Mr. Modi said helium would clasp talks with Prime Minister Jetten and telephone connected King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima.
The Prime Minister besides said helium looked guardant to addressing a assemblage programme during the visit.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, successful a societal media post, said the sojourn would supply an "opportunity to further fortify the multifaceted India-Netherlands concern and to prosecute with the largest Indian diaspora connected mainland Europe".
Mr. Modi arrived successful the Netherlands aft a little stopover of astir two-and-a-half hours successful the United Arab Emirates, wherever helium held talks with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan successful Abu Dhabi.
The PM's sojourn to the European federation from May 15 to 17 is his 2nd travel to the state aft his 2017 sojourn and comes astatine what officials described arsenic an "important juncture" successful India-Netherlands ties.
Mr. Modi is besides expected to interact with starring Dutch concern leaders during the visit.
MEA officials said the sojourn carries a “rich and substantive agenda” and is expected to consolidate the strategical dimensions of the concern that person emerged done sustained engagement betwixt the 2 countries.
India and the Netherlands person importantly expanded practice successful caller years beyond accepted sectors specified arsenic trade, concern and the precedence areas of water, agriculture, and health.
The concern has grown successful strategical sectors, including technology, innovation, defence, security, semiconductors, renewable energy, acquisition and the maritime domain, the MEA said.
The Netherlands is 1 of India’s largest commercialized destinations successful Europe, with bilateral commercialized valued astatine $27.8 cardinal successful 2024-25. It is besides India’s fourth-largest investor, with cumulative overseas nonstop concern amounting to $55.6 billion, officials said.
People-to-people ties stay a cardinal pillar of the bilateral relationship.
The Netherlands is location to much than 90,000 non-resident Indians and persons of Indian origin, too implicit 200,000 members of the Suriname-Hindustani community. Around 3,500 Indian students are presently enrolled successful Dutch universities.
Officials noted that Mr. Modi's sojourn to the Netherlands and 3 different European nations — Sweden, Norway, and Italy — comes against the backdrop of the India-E.U. Free Trade Agreement finalised earlier this twelvemonth and the India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement signed successful 2025.
