Apulia [Italy], Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has shared a video of herself with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the recently concluded G7 summit in Italy.

Meloni shared the reel on her social media platform, in which PM Modi waves at the camera and says, "Namaste from the Melody team". In a video posted by Meloni on social media platforms including X and Instagram, the two leaders are seen laughing and joking.

"Hello friends, from #Melody," Meloni wrote. The hashtag became one of the top trending items on X.PM Modi and his Italian counterpart Meloni also clicked a selfie on the sidelines of the G7 summit that concluded in Italy on Friday.

The cordiality between the two leaders, who met last year at the G20 summit in Delhi and then at COP28 in Dubai, has given rise to many online memes. In December last year, the two leaders had clicked a selfie on the sidelines of COP28 in Dubai.

Sharing a picture with PM Modi on Instagram, Meloni had said, "Good friends at COP28, #Melody." Pictures of the two leaders together have been widely shared on online platforms with the hashtag "Melody" becoming a trending topic.During the bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit, PM Modi and Meloni discussed defense and security cooperation between the two countries.

"Both sides discussed bilateral defense and security cooperation and looked forward to further enhancing defense industrial cooperation," the External Affairs Ministry said. They welcomed the visit of Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour and training ship ITS Vespucci to India later this year. Did." In an official release.

Apart from this, PM Modi also thanked the Italian government for recognizing the contribution of the Indian Army in the Italian Campaign during World War II and informed that "India will upgrade the Yashwant Ghadge Memorial in Montone, Italy."PM Modi and his The Italian counterpart expressed satisfaction at the regular high political dialogue and reviewed the progress of the India-Italy strategic partnership.Meloni also congratulated PM Modi for becoming Prime Minister for the third consecutive time.

Expressing happiness over growing trade and economic cooperation, they called for expanding commercial ties in clean energy, manufacturing, space, science and technology, telecommunications, AI and critical minerals to build resilient supply chains. In this context, they welcomed the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on Industrial Property Rights (IPR), which provides a framework for cooperation on patents, designs and trademarks,” the MEA release read.

During the meeting, the two leaders welcomed the signing of the Letter of Intent for Cooperation in Energy Transition, which will boost bilateral cooperation in clean and green energy. This was noted under the 'Global Biofuels Alliance'. They expressed happiness at the new Working Program of Cooperation for 2025-27 to promote joint research and development in science and technology, the Ministry of External Affairs said.,

Sharing details about his meeting with Meloni, PM Modi said, "Had a very good meeting with PM @GeorgiaMeloni. Thanked him for inviting India to be a part of the G7 summit and for the wonderful arrangements. We discussed ways to further strengthen India-Italy relations in commerce, energy, defence, telecommunications and other sectors. Our countries will work together in future areas such as biofuels, food processing and critical minerals."

It is noteworthy that on the invitation of Italy's PM Meloni, PM Modi had attended the G7 summit in Apulia, Italy.This was India's 11th participation in the G7 summit and PM Modi's fifth consecutive participation. The G7 summit, where India was invited as an 'outreach country', was attended by seven member countries, the US, UK, Canada, Germany, Italy , Japan and France as well as the European Union participated. This was India's 11th participation in the G7 summit and PM Modi's fifth consecutive participation.

PM Modi on Saturday shared highlights of his participation at the G7 summit in Italy and said he presented India's perspective on the world stage. A video shared by PM Modi shows highlights of his visit to Italy, including his arrival in Italy.PM Giorgia Meloni welcomed at the venue of the G7 summit in Apulia city of Italy.

Meloni welcomed PM Modi with 'Namaste' and then both the leaders posed for a photo in front of the camera. The video shows moments from PM Modi's bilateral meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Japanese PM Fumio Kishida and the French President. Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the G7 summit. In the video, PM Modi can be seen talking to Pope Francis and they are also talking while walking together.PM Modi met with other world leaders including US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as well as Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Also talked. Silva.

He also spoke to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the G7 summit. The video also includes the moment of PM Meloni taking a selfie with PM Modi. Sharing the video on his X platform, PM Modi wrote, "An important G7 summit, where I presented India's vision on the world stage. Here are the highlights."