New Delhi: India and Germany agreed to prepare a road map for cooperation in skill development, solid waste management and cleaning of rivers on Monday.
Visiting Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and conveyed Germany’s strong desire to work with India to further expand and deepen bilateral relations. The move to take Germany’s assumes significance as Modi has enlisted cleanliness as his priority agenda.
During the meeting, Modi lauded Germany’s remarkable economic resurgence over the past decade. He said India and Germany, bound by democratic values, are “made for each other” because of complementary skills and resources to power the next generation of industrial development through partnering in manufacturing and infrastructure development.
Both sides will undertake preparations with the aim of finalizing a concrete roadmap for cooperation in each of these areas at the next Inter-Governmental Consultations meeting.
(With PTI inputs)