NEW DELHI: India and Germany will extend and diversify cooperation in main areas such as developing technologies, digital platforms, renewable energy, and development cooperation in third countries ahead of the biennial inter-governmental consultations. As part of planning for the inter-governmental discussions, recently in New Delhi, the two countries held their foreign office consultations.The discussions were co-chaired by foreign secretary Vikram Misri and Thomas Bagger, state secretary of the German Foreign Office.
During the meeting, the external affairs ministry said that both sides undertook a review of the gamut of bilateral relations, including key areas of bilateral cooperation such as trade, investment, science and technology, defense, development cooperation, and academic and people-to-people exchanges and they also agreed to further deepen and diversify bilateral ties in main areas of contemporary relevance such as renewable energy, digital platforms, developing technologies, green economy and extending development cooperation to third countries.
Misri and Bagger also held in-depth discussions on key regional and global problems. The discussions were a good opportunity for both sides to take stock of bilateral ties and explore avenues for further deepening the bilateral strategic partnership ahead of the 7th India-Germany inter-governmental discussions, which are expected to be held in October in New Delhi. The two sides also welcomed the forthcoming Asia-Pacific Conference of German Businesses planned to be held in New Delhi around the inter-governmental consultations and stated hope it will lead to intensification of business-to-business collaboration.   Bagger also met external affairs minister S Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit, Doval, and defense secretary Giridhar Aramane. The inter-governmental consultations are a discussion method that Germany conducts with only a few select partners. In 2022 the last consultations were held in Berlin. One of the key pillars of the India-Germany strategic partnership is a shared interest in strengthening multilateral cooperation and encouraging constancy and security in the Indo-Pacific. Catch every big hit, and every wicket with Cricket, a one-stop destination for Live Scores, Match Stats, Infographics & many more
