New Delhi: Foreign Minister Vikram Masri will pay a three-day visit to Paris and Berlin starting on Sunday for high-level talks on energy, trade and defense sectors that have become increasingly important amid a fractured geopolitical landscape.
Al-Masry’s visit to France and Germany comes at the end of his trip to the United States, where he met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a number of senior officials in the Trump administration.
It is expected that the West Asian crisis and its impact on energy security will occupy a prominent place in Al-Masry’s talks with his interlocutors in Paris and Berlin.
The Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday that the Foreign Minister will co-chair the Indo-French Foreign Ministry consultations in Paris with Martin Prince, Secretary-General of the French Foreign Ministry, in Paris.
She added that Al-Masry and Prinz will discuss a wide range of issues, including defense, civil nuclear energy, space, cyber, digital, artificial intelligence, and initiatives that enhance people-to-people exchanges in addition to the latest global and regional developments.
The Middle East News Agency said that the Foreign Minister will participate in Berlin in chairing the Indo-German Foreign Ministry consultations, along with Gesa Andreas von Geer, Minister of State at the German Foreign Ministry.
She added that the discussions will cover diverse areas of bilateral cooperation, including trade, investments, defence, security, technology, green energy, development cooperation, education and people-to-people relations, in addition to global and regional issues of common interest.
Al-Masry is also expected to meet prominent figures and senior government officials in both Paris and Berlin.
The foreign minister’s trip comes on the heels of the visit of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron to India in January and February respectively.
The conference will provide an opportunity to review the full scope of bilateral relations between India and both countries and enhance ongoing cooperation across key priority areas, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
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