Giorgia Meloni Says India and Italy Are Closer Than Ever

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]And today here in Rome, uh we are further strengthening our relation uh all the way up to the special strategic partnership, the highest ever reached in the relations between our two nations.

[00:00:13]So, I think it's safe to say that now Italy and India are closer than they have ever been.

[00:00:20]Our relations uh are now uh capable of expressing uh their fullest potential.

[00:00:28]This is something which of course uh has been achieved thanks to our teams, our ministers, and diplomats who have worked hard over the years.

[00:00:36]It's something which is uh very much brought about by our productive systems interested in one another uh as proven by the fact that over the past year we celebrated three Italy-India business forums.

[00:00:48]Uh but it is also due to the over seven meetings that uh uh I have had with Prime Minister Modi over the past three and a half years, during which we have gotten to to uh deeply know one another and our respective points of view. We have also created a uh an honest friendship based on respect and mutual trust.

[00:01:09]I have personally uh learned to appreciate the vision, the pragmatism, and the leadership of the Prime Minister as shown by how popular he is amongst his citizens after many years in government.

[00:01:22]And I think that uh this friendship of ours, this relationship of ours has very much uh helped us to work so swiftly.