Spanish Prime Minister visits India for the first time

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his host counterpart Narendra Modi will inaugurate the C295 aircraft assembly facility in Vadodara, Gujarat state.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will pay an official visit to India from October 27-29. (Source: Reuters)

Tomorrow, October 27, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez begins a three-day visit to India, at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Alongside the formal talks, the two Prime Ministers will inaugurate the final assembly facility of the C295 aircraft – a “Make in India” initiative that is a “pioneer” in the aerospace sector. The Tata-Airbus C295 project marks the first time a military aircraft has been manufactured in India by a private company.

During the visit, the Spanish head of government will also travel to Mumbai, holding meetings with business and industrial leaders, academia and film industry.

According to a statement from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, this is Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's first visit to the country of the Ganges, and also the first visit by a Spanish Prime Minister in 18 years.

The two countries “have close and friendly relations”, which received a new impetus after Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Spain in 2017. The two Prime Ministers have met several times on the sidelines of multilateral meetings.

The upcoming visit of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will be “an opportunity to review the entire bilateral relationship and further deepen the partnership in many areas such as trade and investment, information technology, innovation, infrastructure, renewable energy, defense and security, pharmaceuticals, agro-technology and biotechnology, culture and tourism,” the statement said.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrived in India just a day after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz concluded his visit to India (October 24-26).

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