Europe’s right-wing poster girl and Italy’s PM Giorgia meloniewill be the chief guest in the next Raisina The dialogue, which is described as India’s premier conference on geopolitics and geo-economics, next month.
Meloni, who formed Italy’s most far-right government since the days of Mussolini following his election victory last year, is also Italy’s first female prime minister. He is expected to inaugurate the conference along with PM Narendra Modi on March 2.
This will be the second year in a row that a major European leader will attend the talks as chief guest in the midst of the Ukraine war. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was the chief guest last year. Foreign Minister was in Raisina itself S Jaishankar Europe was criticized for ignoring the threat to the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific and for throwing Afghanistan’s civil society ‘under the bus’.
Both India and Europe have not allowed differences on the Russia-Ukraine dispute to come in the way of bilateral cooperation. Notably, the German Chancellor olaf scholzModi, who is leading Europe’s efforts to end the conflict with French President Emmanuel Macron, is coming to India next week for a summit. His visit will take place on the first anniversary of the Ukraine war.
For India, it is of interest that Italy is closely following the EU’s Indo-Pacific strategy and seeks to contribute strategically and economically to it. Meloni has also promised to take a tough stand against China. While he condemned China’s action on the Taiwan issue, he also called Italy’s 2019 MoU with China for cooperation under Beijing’s BRI initiative, which India has never supported, a major blunder. However, whether Italy withdraws from the BRI may depend on the outcome of Meloni’s proposed visit to China in May for a meeting with the President. Xi Jinping,
Modi had congratulated Meloni on the victory of his party Fratelli d’Italia after the elections in Italy and said he looked forward to further deepening ties.
The first meeting between the 2 leaders – on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali last year – they exchanged views on the need to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region as well as the food and energy crisis triggered by the Ukraine conflict Also seen Defence, trade, energy, counter-terrorism and people-to-people ties are other areas on which the two leaders are expected to focus when they meet next month.
Meloni, who formed Italy’s most far-right government since the days of Mussolini following his election victory last year, is also Italy’s first female prime minister. He is expected to inaugurate the conference along with PM Narendra Modi on March 2.
This will be the second year in a row that a major European leader will attend the talks as chief guest in the midst of the Ukraine war. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was the chief guest last year. Foreign Minister was in Raisina itself S Jaishankar Europe was criticized for ignoring the threat to the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific and for throwing Afghanistan’s civil society ‘under the bus’.
Both India and Europe have not allowed differences on the Russia-Ukraine dispute to come in the way of bilateral cooperation. Notably, the German Chancellor olaf scholzModi, who is leading Europe’s efforts to end the conflict with French President Emmanuel Macron, is coming to India next week for a summit. His visit will take place on the first anniversary of the Ukraine war.
For India, it is of interest that Italy is closely following the EU’s Indo-Pacific strategy and seeks to contribute strategically and economically to it. Meloni has also promised to take a tough stand against China. While he condemned China’s action on the Taiwan issue, he also called Italy’s 2019 MoU with China for cooperation under Beijing’s BRI initiative, which India has never supported, a major blunder. However, whether Italy withdraws from the BRI may depend on the outcome of Meloni’s proposed visit to China in May for a meeting with the President. Xi Jinping,
Modi had congratulated Meloni on the victory of his party Fratelli d’Italia after the elections in Italy and said he looked forward to further deepening ties.
The first meeting between the 2 leaders – on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali last year – they exchanged views on the need to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region as well as the food and energy crisis triggered by the Ukraine conflict Also seen Defence, trade, energy, counter-terrorism and people-to-people ties are other areas on which the two leaders are expected to focus when they meet next month.