Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Ms Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of the Italian Republic on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in New Delhi.
"Prime Minister appreciated Italy’s support for India’s G20 Presidency and Italy’s joining of the Global Biofuel Alliance and the India - Middle East - Europe Economic Corridor," an official statement issued by the Prime Minister Office (PMO) said.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday called the new economic corridor "historic" and said that these are state-of-the-art connections for the world of tomorrow, faster, shorter and cleaner.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on Saturday on the sidelines of the G20 Summit being held in the national capital
PM Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the 'Global Biofuels Alliance' in the presence of US President Joe Biden, President of Brazil Luiz Inacio, President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández and Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni.
The summit is being attended by more than 30 heads of state and top officials from the European Union and invited guest countries and 14 heads of international organisations.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met his United Kingdom counterpart Rishi Sunak in New Delhi on Friday, ahead of the G20 Summit on September 9-10.
The defence minister of Italy has referred to his country's choice to join a major Chinese infrastructure project Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as "wicked." The present Italian Government is considering whether to keep participating in the scheme, CNN reported.
The two leaders confirmed their commitment to promote concrete cooperation as strategic partners and welcomed the conclusion of negotiations on the Agreement on film co-production.