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Indian Prime Minister and Prime Minister of the Netherlands held a Virtual Summit.
Key takeaways
It was the first high level Summit attended by Netherlands’ PM Mark Rutte after the general elections held in March 2021.
During the Summit, the two leaders exchanged views on further expanding the relationship in trade and economy, water management, agriculture sector, smart cities, science & technology, healthcare and space.
The two Prime Ministers also agreed on instituting a ‘Strategic Partnership on Water’ to further deepen the Indo-Dutch cooperation in the water related sector, and upgrading the Joint Working Group on water to Ministerial-level.
Netherlands’ Indo-Pacific Policy was also welcomed.
