The meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, has ended. The two leaders are making statements at this time.

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Mr. Mitsotakis is among others: We have the great pleasure of deepening our strategic relationship, Greece is closer to India. I find that in recent years our relations have improved significantly, there is much more that we can do, from economy and defense, tourism, culture, defense to climate change, thank you for your support to Greece which is affected by the fires.

To go ahead and double our bilateral trade, to the investments we can make – our governments in their joint statement turn our relationship into a strategy. Intensifying international economic contacts, we discussed having a direct air connection, the great opportunities in fields such as tourism, technology, the need for our peoples to meet more easily, there is a dynamic Indian community in Greece that lives peacefully. Our state is India’s gateway to Europe, this will also open up opportunities for rapprochement. India has made huge strides, congratulations on conquering the south pole of the moon by your spacecraft. And Greece will soon regain investment status, it is a bridge of cooperation between three continents. The largest republic visits the first republic.

Mr. Modi, among other things, said: