INDIA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil

Record ID: 1372100

  • Title: INDIA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil
  • Date: 1st June 2011
  • Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (MAY 31, 2011) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC) (*** FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ***) ANGELA MERKEL, CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY, WALKING TOWARDS PRATIBHA DEVISINGH PATIL, PRESIDENT OF INDIA PATIL SHAKING HANDS WITH MERKEL PATIL AND MERKEL POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS MERKEL AND PATIL WALKING ACROSS A HALL MERKEL SITTING PATIL SITTING MERKEL AND PATIL TALKING TO EACH OTHER GERMAN DELEGATES SITTING MERKEL AND PATIL SITTING
  • Embargoed: 15th June 2011 23:42
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  • Location: India, India
  • Country: India
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA5HOV85ACAJJSKX2JSFFKWLKMY
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, met Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil in New Delhi on Tuesday (May 31).
    In their meeting, held in the Rashtrapati Bhavan (Indian Presidential Estate), Merkel and Patil discussed a string of bilateral issues with each other.
    Merkel is on her second visit to India since 2007.
    She joins a growing list of leaders, hailing from the United States to France to China, who are eyeing to cash in on India's stellar 8 percent economic growth and a desire to expand its defence system.
    Earlier in the day, Merkel met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss ways to promote mutual trade and economic ties and push for reforms in global financial institutions.
    The German Chancellor is accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising six federal ministers, which is expected to lobby for a lucrative 11 billion U.S. dollar fighter jet deal with New Delhi and seek Singh's support for the candidature of Christine Lagarde as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief.
    However, no major deals were signed during Merkel's visit.
    Germany is India's largest trading partner in Europe, with bilateral trade on track to rise to 20 billion euros by 2012 from 15.4 billion euros in 2010.
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