India and Germany held consultations on UN etc
multilateral issues on September 2 in Berlin, the Ministry of
This was said by External Affairs (MEA), reports Trend, quoted by The Print.
“In accordance with their strategic partnership, the two countries
exchanged views on a range of general UN and multilateral issues
interest. Both sides informed each other about theirs
priorities for the upcoming 77th session of the UN General Assembly
Meeting,” the MEA said in a statement.
The ministry said the German side has also been informed about the Indian side
initiatives during his upcoming presidency of the UN Security Council in December
2022
As members of the G4 Grouping, both parties agreed to work
together to accelerate intergovernmental negotiations (IGN).
reforms of the UN Security Council with the overall goal of
achieving specific results in a fixed time frame.
Both sides agreed to continue deepening their multilateral relations
cooperation on global issues of mutual interest, including on
Counter-terrorism and UN peacekeeping.
MEA Joint Secretary (UN-Political) Prakash Gupta led the Indians
a delegation including officials from the Indian Embassy in Berlin.
Gunter Sauter, Director General for International Order,
The United Nations and Arms Control, the German Foreign Office leads
A German delegation, which included other senior officials of
GFO.
Germany is one of India’s most important partners in Europe,
thanks to the strength of bilateral relations as well as the key of Germany
role in the EU.
On March 7, 2021, India and Germany celebrated their 70th anniversary
to establish diplomatic relations. It was the anniversary
celebrated through several events held in 2021-22.
Economic and trade relations: Germany is the largest country in India
trading partner in Europe. It is constant among Indian
top ten global partners and was the seventh largest trading partner
in FY 2020-21.
Bilateral trade in 2020-21 was US$ 21.76 billion, registering a
a marginal decline of around 1% in FY 2019-20. In 2021-22
(by October 2021) bilateral trade is US$13.83 billion, which
is an increase of 16 percent over the corresponding period in the financial year
2020-21.
Germany is the 7th largest source of FDI to India. Total FDI
from Germany to India from April 2000 to September 2021 is over 13 USD
billion. In FY 2020-21, German FDI in India was US$ 667 million,
which is 37 percent more compared to the financial year 2019-20.