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Introduction

India wants to solve the Ukraine conflict using talks and diplomacy and is prepared to help make peace. Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about this after discussing many things with Germany's leader Olaf Scholz. The German Chancellor came to India for two days. Before meeting PM Modi, he had a formal welcome at Rashtrapati Bhawan. This is his first visit to India as the German Chancellor since 2021. During talks, he called the Russia-Ukraine war a big disaster and hoped that the G20, under India's leadership, will talk about the war's worldwide effects as it enters the second year. They also talked a lot about important topics they both care about.

Germany's Recent Views on India

• In 2021, Germany's government agreement said that being friends with India is one of their most important foreign plans.
• Germany's Foreign Minister visited India in December 2022.
• Both countries have a special meeting every two years since 2011 where they talk about different things like defense, trade, clean energy, and more.
• They want to cooperate more in areas like defense, trade, clean energy, migration, digital changes, and in the Indo-Pacific region.

Economic Ties

• India and Germany have a strong relationship based on shared democratic ideas and a lot of trust.
• Germany is India's most important partner for trade in Europe.
• Since 1991, when India started changing its economy, trade between the two countries has grown a lot.
• India wants a lot of things made in Germany, especially machines, electrical stuff, metals, chemicals, vehicles, and their parts.
• India sends clothes, chemicals, electrical goods, metals, leather stuff, and food to Germany.
• In Germany's government, there's a talk about getting closer to Asia and not just China.

Investments

• For a long time, Germany has been one of the top ten countries to put money directly into India.
• They mainly invest in transportation, electricity, and metal businesses.
• Lately, they're also investing in services like insurance.

Helping India Grow

• Germany helps India a lot in different ways.
• Germany gives a lot of help to India, especially for energy, women's work, vocational training, and new ideas.
• They also support teaching German in India and Indian languages in Germany.

Science and Tech Friendship

• India and Germany have been doing science and tech projects together since the 1950s.
• They work together on many different subjects.
• They set up a special place for research together.
• Germany is India's second most important research partner in the world.

Environment Care

• India needs to protect its environment, especially in cities and factories.
• They need to fight air and water pollution, save soil, and keep animals and plants safe.
• India and Germany work together to meet the world's goals for the environment.

What India and Germany Share

• Both countries have the same values and laws, and they've always respected and understood each other.
• India is growing fast, and Germany is the biggest European economy.
• India and Germany work together a lot, especially in groups like the G-4 to change the United Nations.
• They need to keep making their friendship stronger and fix world problems together.
• Germany has good technology that can help India's big market.
• Both countries should keep making new ideas together for the future, which will help the world too.