Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has shared a video of herself alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the recently concluded G7 Summit meeting in Italy. Meloni took to her social media platforms to share the reel in which she says “Hello from the Melodi team” as PM Modi waves at the camera. The two leaders are seen to share a laugh in the video posted by Meloni on social media platforms, including X and Instagram. Since posting, the video has garnered millions of views.
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Meloni wrote, “Hi friends, from #Melodi.” The hashtag became one among the top trending items on X. The camaraderie between the two leaders, who met previously at the G20 Summit in Delhi last year and then at the COP28 in Dubai, has spawned several online memes. In December last year, the two leaders clicked a selfie on the sidelines of the COP28 in Dubai.
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Business matters at G7
PM Modi and his Italian counterpart, Meloni, also clicked a selfie on the sidelines of the G7 summit that concluded in Italy on Friday. During the bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, PM Modi and Meloni discussed defence and security cooperation between the two countries.
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While expressing happiness at growing trade and economic collaboration, they called for expanding commercial ties in clean energy, manufacturing, Space, S&T, telecom, AI and critical minerals to build resilient supply chains. In this context, they welcomed the recent signing of a MoU on Industrial Property Rights (IPR) which provides a framework for cooperation on patents, designs and trademarks,” an MEA release read.
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PM Modi’s thank you note
Moreover, PM Modi also thanked the Italian Government for recognising the Indian Army’s contribution to the Italian Campaign during World War II and informed that “India will be upgrading the Yashwant Ghadge Memorial at Montone in Italy.” Sharing details regarding her meeting with Meloni, PM Modi stated, “Had a very good meeting with PM @GiorgiaMeloni. Thanked her for inviting India to be a part of the G7 Summit and for the wonderful arrangements. We discussed ways to further cement India-Italy relations in areas like commerce, energy, defence, telecom and more. Our nations will work together in futuristic areas like biofuels, food processing and critical minerals.”
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Namaste gesture for Indian PM
Meloni greeted PM Modi with a ‘namaste’ and the two leaders then posed for a picture for the cameras. Earlier, Meloni was seen greeting other world leaders with namaste, a gesture exclusive to India that’s used during saying hello to people.
