Italian Ambassador hails India - Italy relations, hopes further advancement in bilateral ties

New Delhi, Sept 30: Hailing ties with India, the Italian Ambassador to India Vincenzo de Luca highlighted the fact that the Italy and India are in a very important period of relationship which will go even further. The envoy stressed that today Italy is at number 3 in Europe in terms of trade.

 

 

 

 

"We have been in a very -very important period of our relationship in terms of political, cultural and economic and in the creative industry. We will go even further. The relationship between Italy and India is based on solid partnership and we will have more and more projects between Italy and India", said the Italian envoy in New Delhi.

 

 

 

 

 

"We reached the top record of bilateral trade last year with more than 10 billion euro of bilateral trade and this year, we have 50 per cent more compared to the last year in 2021. Now we are number 3 in Europe in terms of bilateral trade with India", said the Italian envoy.

 

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Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (Sept 28)congratulated Giorgia Meloni for winning the general elections in Italy. Posting a congratulatory message on Twitter, Modi said he looked forward to working with Meloni to strengthen ties between India and Italy.