German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives in Delhi for G20 Summit
Schloz was received by Union Minister of State for MSME, Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma at the airport.
Schloz was received by Union Minister of State for MSME, Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma at the airport.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz received a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present at the ceremonial reception.
Scholz will be accorded a ceremonial welcome at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan at 10 am. He will also hold a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the two leaders will discuss bilateral, regional and global issues.
This is the first standalone visit of a German chancellor to India since the biennial Intergovernmental Consultation (IGC) mechanism commenced in 2011, which is a whole-of-government framework.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck are traveling to Canada on Sunday for energy talks.
The conference in Berlin of 11 countries was aimed at bringing an end to the fighting between the UN-recognised government in Tripoli led by the Prime Minister, Fayez al-Sarraj, and the Libyan National Army.
"We certainly could not ignore the issue of preserving the JCPOA on Iran's nuclear programme, which is vitally important not only for the region but also for the whole world," he said.
Merkel further said, "To be aware of this responsibility is part of our national identity, our self-understanding as an enlightened and free society".
The far-right AfD also predicted an end of the coalition, with its co-leader Joerg Meuthen forecasting that "it will break up".
The wall had separated Soviet-controlled East Berlin and capitalist West Berlin during the Cold War.
