Ahmedabad : German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will arrive in India on January 12 for his first official visit to the country, with Ahmedabad scheduled as the first stop of his two-day tour. At the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Friedrich Merz, will pay an official visit to India on January 12–13, 2026. This will be Chancellor Merz’s first official visit to India. On the visit, he will be travelling to Ahmedabad and Bengaluru.
PM Modi will receive Chancellor Merz on January 12, 2026, in Ahmedabad. The two leaders will take stock of the progress made in diverse aspects of the India–Germany Strategic Partnership, which completed 25 years last year. The discussion will also focus on further intensifying cooperation in trade and investment, technology, education, skilling and mobility. Prime Minister Modi and Chancellor Merz will also engage with business and industry leaders and exchange views on issues of regional and global importance.
The visit will build on the momentum generated by regular interactions at the highest political level. It will provide a valuable opportunity to reaffirm the shared vision of India and Germany to build a forward-looking partnership for the benefit of the people of both countries and the wider global community. At that time, in the backdrop of Operation Sindoor after the Pahalgam terror attack, the two leaders had agreed that terrorism constitutes a major threat to peace and stability in the world. In this regard, the PM had thanked Merz for Germany’s strong expression of solidarity and support to India’s actions in the fight against terrorism.
Since May 2000, India and Germany have had a ‘Strategic Partnership’ which has been further strengthened with the launch of Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC) in 2011 at the level of Heads of Government. As two countries are in the top five economies of the world, Germany and India share a robust economic and developmental partnership. Besides strong economic ties, both countries have a shared interest in upholding democratic values, the rules-based international order, and multilateralism as well as the reform of multilateral institutions.
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