Bari (Italy), "Hello friends, from #Melody," Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni captioned a short selfie video showing her camaraderie with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The two leaders met on Friday at the end of Prime Minister Modi's one-day visit to Apulia in southern Italy, during which he thanked the Italian Prime Minister for the invitation to attend the G7 summit. This was his first foreign visit after taking charge for a historic third term as Prime Minister.
Meloni shared this five-second video on her X account on Saturday.
"Namaste from the Melody team," the 47-year-old Italian leader, the country's first female prime minister, said in the video, in which Modi, 73, was seen laughing behind her.
Re-sharing the video, Prime Minister Modi wrote, "Long live India-Italy friendship!"
Earlier on Saturday, a selfie of the two leaders had gone viral at the G7 summit.
In December last year, the two leaders had clicked a selfie on the sidelines of the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) in Dubai.
While sharing the photo, Meloni wrote in the caption, "Good friends at COP28, #Melody."
During their bilateral talks here on Friday, the two leaders reviewed the progress of the bilateral strategic partnership and agreed to strengthen cooperation in global fora and multilateral initiatives, including the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor.
Prime Minister Modi wrote on X, "Had a very good meeting with PM @giorgiameloni."
After the meeting he said, "We discussed ways to further strengthen India-Italy relations in commerce, energy, defence, telecommunications and other sectors. Our countries look forward to working together in future areas such as biofuels, food processing and critical minerals." do."
The two leaders met on Friday at the end of Prime Minister Modi's one-day visit to Apulia in southern Italy, during which he thanked the Italian Prime Minister for the invitation to attend the G7 summit. This was his first foreign visit after taking charge for a historic third term as Prime Minister.
Meloni shared this five-second video on her X account on Saturday.
"Namaste from the Melody team," the 47-year-old Italian leader, the country's first female prime minister, said in the video, in which Modi, 73, was seen laughing behind her.
Re-sharing the video, Prime Minister Modi wrote, "Long live India-Italy friendship!"
Earlier on Saturday, a selfie of the two leaders had gone viral at the G7 summit.
In December last year, the two leaders had clicked a selfie on the sidelines of the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) in Dubai.
While sharing the photo, Meloni wrote in the caption, "Good friends at COP28, #Melody."
During their bilateral talks here on Friday, the two leaders reviewed the progress of the bilateral strategic partnership and agreed to strengthen cooperation in global fora and multilateral initiatives, including the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor.
Prime Minister Modi wrote on X, "Had a very good meeting with PM @giorgiameloni."
After the meeting he said, "We discussed ways to further strengthen India-Italy relations in commerce, energy, defence, telecommunications and other sectors. Our countries look forward to working together in future areas such as biofuels, food processing and critical minerals." do."
