Government on a school trip: Scholz and Co. strengthen India partnership!

Government on a school trip: Scholz and Co. strengthen India partnership!

Hyderabad House, Neu-Delhi, Indien - The countdown is running! Chancellor Olaf Scholz and half a cabinet break up to India for one of the most important and exciting traveling of their term. Several high-ranking ministers are expected in Neu-Delhi, where they come together for heated talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. These government consultations are not only another political meeting, but also form the backbone of German-Indian relations in a turbulent world.

In the early morning, Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck and Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil end up in the Indian capital, followed by Scholz and Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius, who start directly from Berlin. The quintet is reinforced by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Minister of Education Bettina Stark-Watzinger, who are added according to her own timely arrival. On Friday you will come together in the magnificent Hyderabad House to negotiate burning topics such as security, economy and acquisition.

a focus on Russia

At the center of the talks, India's role is a strategic mediator in relation to Russia. While modes are in Kazan at the BRICS states summit, Scholz is doing everything they can to win India for a peace conference against the Ukraine War. "India has the ability to hear both sides," said Scholz. The traffic light government wants to strengthen relationships with a country that has a wire both for the G7 and Moscow. Here the key to a peaceful solution to the conflict could be!

military and trade in view

Germany and India has been maintaining a strategic partnership for over 20 years, which is to be further expanded at the military level. Scholz will visit the German warships on Saturday, which are in the water as part of a common maneuver of the Indian Navy. But that's not all! Minister of Economic Affairs Habeck is pushing for a quick conclusion of the free trade agreement between the EU and India, which has been a hotly controversial topic for two decades. In addition, Minister of Labor Heil wants to advance the recruitment of Indian specialists - because the most populous country in the world could be the solution to Germany's shortage of skilled workers. A real bang for German and international politics!