German Chancellor Merz Eyes India Business, Defense Deals In His First Asia Trip
Published on: Jan. 12, 2026, 6:54 a.m. | Source: NDTV Profit
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will seek to expand business and defense ties with India in his first trip to Asia, aiming to bolster Europe’s biggest economy as tensions with its main trading partners China and US grow. Merz will meet his counterpart Narendra Modi on Monday in the western city of Ahmedabad in the Indian prime minister’s home state of Gujarat. Both leaders will hold bilateral talks as well as visit a Mahatma Gandhi memorial site and attend a local kite festival.
