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India-Sweden Ties Deepen Further Under Prime Minister Modi
India and Sweden have been friendly partners for a long time.
Sweden’s ambassador said their relationship has become stronger in recent years under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Modi visited Sweden in May and met Swedish leaders and business representatives.
During the visit, the countries upgraded their relationship to a Strategic Partnership.
They want to double their economic cooperation by 2030.
They plan to work together on technology, clean growth, artificial intelligence and health sciences.
They also want to cooperate more on cybersecurity and defence innovation.
More exchanges between people in the two countries are expected to help build their future relationship.
Swedish Ambassador Petra Menander said India-Sweden relations have deepened and reached a new level under Narendra Modi.
Modi’s May visit to Sweden increased visibility for the partnership and led to a Strategic Partnership Agreement.
The countries aim to double their economic interaction by 2030, building on more than 100 years of Swedish business presence in India.
Technology, innovation, green transition, artificial intelligence, connectivity, telecommunications, mining and life sciences were identified as key cooperation areas.
The partnership’s action plan includes cybersecurity dialogue, defence innovation and stronger political dialogue, while people-to-people exchanges are also growing.
- Who
- India, Sweden, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Swedish Ambassador Petra Menander.
- What
- The two countries have deepened bilateral relations and elevated them to a Strategic Partnership.
- Where
- India and Sweden, including Modi’s visit to Gothenburg and his participation in a summit in Oslo.
- When
- The relationship has deepened in recent years; Modi visited Sweden in May.
- Why
- To expand diplomatic, economic, technological, people-to-people, cybersecurity and defence cooperation.
Key facts
- Strategic status
- India and Sweden signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement during Modi’s May visit.
- Economic target
- The countries aim to double economic interaction by 2030.
- Business history
- Swedish companies have been present in India for more than 100 years.
- Key sectors
- Technology, innovation, green transition, artificial intelligence, connectivity, telecommunications, mining and life sciences.
- Security cooperation
- The action plan includes cybersecurity dialogue and stronger defence innovation.
- Political engagement
- The plan also calls for elevating the existing political dialogue.
- People-to-people ties
- Exchanges between people in India and Sweden are growing.
Quotes
Petra Menander
Sweden's Ambassador to India
“We have a long history of trade relations. Swedish companies have been present here for more than 100 years. But now we have a very ambitious target of doubling our economic interaction by 2030.”
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“It includes concrete measures on cybersecurity dialogue, looking at ways to strengthen defence innovation, for instance, and also elevating the political dialogue that we already have.”
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