- India and Germany signed 19 agreements during Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit, strengthening cooperation across defence, technology, energy and skilling sectors.
- Key outcomes include defence industrial cooperation, semiconductor and critical minerals partnerships, green ammonia deal, and enhanced economic collaboration mechanisms.
- Germany announced visa-free transit for Indians and €1.24 billion funding under GSDP for climate-friendly projects in India.
India and Germany on Monday entered into a comprehensive package agreement in areas such as defense, technology transfer, energy, healthcare, skill development, and people-to-people exchanges. These developments have culminated during the official visit to India by Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz on a two-day visit.
As per reports from India’s Ministry of External Affairs, a total number of 19 agreements and policy initiatives have been concluded between the two countries.
One of the main outcomes is the Joint Declaration of Intent on Defence Industrial Cooperation, which will give support for co-innovation and co-production between the Indian and German firms.
While speaking at the India-Germany CEOs Forum, Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi, mentioned that the pact will provide new scopes for cooperation in the space sector as well.
The economic cooperation was reinforced with the signing of the agreement to form the CEO Forum that will be integrated with the Joint India-Germany Economic and Investment Committee.
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When it came to critical and emerging technologies, both parties inked declarations of intent on semiconductor ecosystem partnership, cooperation on critical minerals, and telecommunication cooperation.
On energy and sustainability, there was an offtake agreement signed between India’s AM Green and Germany’s Uniper Global Commodities for the production of green ammonia. On the other hand, there is an MoU on the cooperation on promoting renewable energy between India and Germany.
The countries agreed on a roadmap in higher education and a skilling and mobility agreement, which included establishing a National Centre of Excellence for Skilling in Renewable Energy in Hyderabad.
Germany further relaxed visa rules for Indian passports, ensuring visa-free transit for Indian passport holders. Berlin promised an allocation of €1.24 billion in new funding in the Green and Sustainable Development Partnership to promote climate-friendly activities in India.