From 'Melodi' camaraderie to strategic deals: Key takeaways from PM Modi’s Italy visit

Key points

• India-Italy ties elevated to ‘special strategic partnership’ Trade and investment Technology and innovation Defence cooperation Clean energy collaboration Education and cultural exchanges Mobility and people-to-people ties Defence
• technology and strategic cooperation Enhance defence cooperation and defence manufacturing ecosystems Facilitate joint development of advanced technologies Support indigenous capacity building in the defence sector MoU on critical minerals cooperation Streamlining exploration and cooperation in critical minerals Facilitating advanced technology collaboration Promoting investments across the mineral value chain India
• Italy strengthen anti-financial crime cooperation Combating tax crimes Tackling money laundering Countering terror financing Capacity building in economic and financial matters Education
• research and innovation partnerships Improve research quality and advanced learning ecosystems Strengthen institutional partnerships Enhance exchange of expertise and best practices Build youth capacity and improve employability Climate research partnership between IITM Pune and Italy’s CMCC Climate change research Sustainability studies Student and faculty exchanges Institutional collaboration DST-Elettra cooperation to boost advanced...