Trade, UNSC reforms and anti-terrorism strategies will be high on the agenda when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold their summit meeting against the backdrop of the two countries getting elected as non-permanent members in the United Nations Security Council.
Dr Singh flew in here from Brussels on Saturday after attending the India-European Union summit for a working visit to Germany at the invitation of Ms Merkel.
Dr Singh’s talks with Ms Merkel later in the day are expected to further enhance bilateral strategic partnership at a time when the ties between the two countries are marked by rapidly growing economic and trade ties.
Germany is India’s largest trading partner in the 27-nation European Union with bilateral trade growing in the recent years to reach 13.4 billion Euros in 2008.
Bilateral trade decreased marginally to 13.09 billion Euro but has revived and is growing by over 15 per cent and has reached 9.80 billion Euro during January-August 2010.
Ahead of the talks, Prime Minister Singh said India’s engagement with Germany is strong and multi-faceted.
Dr Singh said he was looking forward to reviewing with Chancellor Merkel the developments in bilateral cooperation in the areas of high technology, trade, investment, energy and education.