India and Cyprus elevate their bilateral relationship to a “strategic partnership” during talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides. The leaders establish a joint task force intended to enable deeper cooperation across areas including infrastructure and shipping, while also discussing issues such as the crisis in West Asia and the war in Ukraine. Modi states that India supports efforts aimed at an early end to hostilities.\n\nThe two sides also discuss expanding trade and investment, as well as cooperation in critical technologies and education. Modi notes that investment from Cyprus to India has nearly doubled over the past decade, citing growing trust and new opportunities linked to the India–European Union Free Trade Agreement. He says the countries aim to double Cypriot investment in India again over the next five years.\n\nAccording to the reporting, the leaders sign multiple agreements during the visit, with an emphasis on implementing the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor. The overall outcome presented across sources is a broadening of ties through both institutional mechanisms and sector-focused deals.
India and Cyprus elevate ties to strategic partnership, set up joint task force
India and Cyprus elevate their bilateral relationship to a “strategic partnership” during talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides. The leaders establish a...
- India and Cyprus elevate relations to a “strategic partnership” following talks between Modi and President Nikos Christodoulides.
- The countries set up a joint task force to promote deeper cooperation, including in infrastructure and shipping.
- The leaders discuss regional and international issues, including the West Asia crisis and the Ukraine conflict.
- Modi says India supports efforts for an early end to hostilities and highlights increased investment from Cyprus over the past decade.
- The talks cover trade and investment, critical technologies, education, and implementation of the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor.
The talks between the two leaders primarily focused on boosting ties in trade and investment, critical technologies, education, and implementation of the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor.
3 months agoIndia and Cyprus on Friday elevated their ties to a strategic partnership and set up a joint task force to facilitate deeper cooperation in sectors such as infrastructure and shipping as Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides for wide-ranging talks. The two leaders also deliberated on the West Asia crisis as well as the Ukraine conflict, with PM Modi saying New Delhi supports all efforts for an early end to the hostilities. "Over the past decade, investment from Cyprus to India has nearly doubled. Trust between the two countries has increased, and with the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement, numerous new possibilities have emerged," Modi said in his media statement. Taking advantage of this, we are targeting to double this investment again in the next five years, he said. "And to realise this resolve, today we are elevating our trusted relationship to a strategic partnership," he added. The prime minister also noted that the friendship ..
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