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Innovation, AI & defence are key areas for partnerships between India-Italy: Dy PM, Italy

Published: Apr 12, 2025

By TIOLCorplaws News Service

NEW DELHI, APR 12, 2025: DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation of Italy, Antonio Tajani yesterday while addressing the 'Italy-India Business, Science and Technology Forum' said that this forum is part of the strategic partnership plan signed by both the governments. "India is an important country for stability in the Indo-Pacific region. Stability is crucial to strengthen the trade," he emphasized.

Addressing the forum, the Deputy Prime Minister stated that India is an economy with enormous potential, and we want to strengthen this cooperation. "Italy and India are natural economic partners. Together we want to strengthen our cooperation for a partnership that looks at the future through higher education, innovation and research. Today, Italy and India are closer than ever. Our bilateral trade is over USD 14 billion, and we want to invest more in India, export more to India, and attract more Indian investments in Italy," he added.

Innovation, AI, super computers, space technology, defence are a few sectors which have potential for joint partnerships and both countries should work to attract investments in these areas, he highlighted.

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal said there is further scope for expansion in the bilateral trade between India and Italy if we work seamless with each other, encourage investments, promote businesses without roadblocks.

Goyal further stated that Indian economy is slated to grow from USD4 trillion to USD30-35 trillion by 2047, our goal of Viksit Bharat makes India a compelled case to deepen the engagement between the European Union and India, particularly Italy and India. There are untapped newer areas like fashion, luxury goods, food processing, pharmaceuticals, tourism, green technology, advanced manufacturing, automobiles," he emphasized.

Goyal added that amidst all the global challenges that the world is experiencing, it is very reassuring to see the strength and depth of the Italy-India friendship. "This forum is a very timely platform and a good opportunity for all of us to collectively resolve to implement the Joint Strategic Action plan 2025-29 launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in November of 2024. It is a very forward-looking, ambitious and pragmatic roadmap with a strong focus on trade, investment, innovation," he added.

Union Minister of External Affairs, Dr S Jaishankar said that the direction of India's progress and capabilities of Italian industry make for a good combination. "Make In India, today offers a platform or pathway for that collaboration to unfold," he added.

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