Giorgia Meloni visit: India, Italy open new chapter of defence ties

Italy and India have also decided to elevate bilateral relations to a strategic partnership

India and Italy have cleared the way for a partnership on defence manufacturing focused on joint production, innovation, and design, opening the door for equipment producers from both countries to come together. This has been in the works for the past two years.

On Thursday, the nations signed a memorandum of understanding on defence cooperation. Both nations have also decided to step up their bilateral relation into a strategic partnership.

Meloni’s visit is the first high level bilateral visit from Italy in the past 5 years.

 The first female Italian PM, Meloni chose India as her inaugural international visit as a matter of