Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Oslo for a two-day state visit to Norway, marking the first visit by an Indian prime minister since Indira Gandhi\u2019s trip in 1983. The visit also forms the fourth leg of his five-nation tour.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Oslo on Monday for an official two-day state visit to Norway. The visit is the fourth leg of PM Modi\u2019s five-nation tour in West Asia and Euorpe. This is PM Modi\u2019s first visit to Norway, where he will attend the third India-Nordic summit. This is also the first Norway visit undertaken by an Indian president in 43 years. The last Indian prime minister to visit Norway was Indira Gandhi, who toured the country in 1983.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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PM Modi\u2019s Norway visit brings into focus deepening bilateral ties between the two country. He will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, followed by a formal audience with King Harald V and Queen Sonja.<\/p>\n
The two leaders will oversee the signing of three major government-to-government Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) designed to link Indian scaling power with Norwegian specialised innovation.<\/p>\n
In a major boost for India\u2019s space programme, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has completed the installation of specialised ground antennas at the KSAT satellite facility in Svalbard, Norway. The newly operational infrastructure will significantly enhance deep-space communication and tracking for upcoming missions.<\/p>\n
Separately, India and Norway are set to sign an agreement to co-develop and export open-source digital public goods, aimed at strengthening digital governance frameworks for countries in the Global South.<\/p>\n
A comprehensive health cooperation framework is also expected, focused on strengthening pharmaceutical supply chains, advancing medical research, and expanding digital healthcare delivery systems.<\/p>\n
Also read | Capitalising on the Efta free trade accord<\/p>\n Alongside the government protocols, PM Modi and Store will co-address the Norway-India Business and Research Summit, where nearly 20 distinct business-to-business (B2B) agreements are set to be executed.<\/p>\n STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n The business conclave focuses primarily on implementing the landmark Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (Tepa) signed between India and the European Free Trade Association (Efta)\u2014the trade bloc comprising Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland.<\/p>\n With bilateral trade between India and the Nordic region currently sitting at approximately $19 billion, New Delhi is looking to increase its intake from Norway\u2019s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), which already holds nearly $28 billion in Indian capital markets. Key sectors targeted for these incoming investments include maritime shipbuilding, carbon capture, wastewater management, and offshore wind energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n The 3rd India-Nordic summit<\/p>\n The true strategic weight of the tour will culminate on Tuesday, when PM Modi co-chairs the Third India-Nordic Summit in Oslo.<\/p>\n The Indian PM will be joined at the roundtable by a united front of Northern European leadership, including Prime Minister Store, Denmark\u2019s Mette Frederiksen, Finland\u2019s Petteri Orpo, Iceland\u2019s Kristr\u00fan Frostad\u00f3ttir, and Sweden\u2019s Ulf Kristersson. The multilateral summit will move past standard trade parameters to solidify joint strategic frameworks across maritime defence routing, Arctic exploration security, and the green transition of heavy global industries<\/p>\n STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n First Published: Home<\/a>India<\/a>Modi in Oslo: First Norway visit by an Indian PM in 43 years; tech and trade in focusEnd of Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Oslo for a two-day state visit to Norway, marking the first visit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[85],"tags":[46975,45260,46976,6434,46977,45270,45259,157,46978,156],"class_list":["post-88383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oslo","tag-india-efta-tepa","tag-india-norway-relations","tag-india-norway-trade","tag-india-nordic-summit","tag-isro-svalbard-antennas","tag-modi-oslo-visit","tag-narendra-modi-norway-visit","tag-norway","tag-norway-india-business-summit","tag-oslo"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116612271942722498","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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