In a major turn of events, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in their parliament forcing the country into snap elections seven months ahead of schedule, Al Jazeera reported.
Olaf Scholz will pay the official visit to India for the 7th Intergovernmental Consultations (IGC) at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin and conveyed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal greetings to him there.
Schloz was received by Union Minister of State for MSME, Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma at the airport.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at Hyderabad House in New Delhi here today.
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.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said there would be no shortcuts to Ukraine's bid to join the European Union (EU).
