During the G7 Summit in Italy, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently shared a video with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On her social media accounts, Meloni shared a video in which she waves at the camera with PM Modi and says “Namaste” on behalf of Team Melody. The video has been circulated on social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok, displaying smiling smiles. It was captioned “Hello friends, #Melody” by Meloni. All over social media, people were talking about this trend.
On Friday in Italy, PM Modi and his Italian counterpart Meloni also took a selfie during the G7 Summit. Their friendship, which started at the COP28 in Dubai and the G20 Summit in Delhi last year, has given rise to a tonne of internet memes. At COP28 in Dubai last December, both leaders took a selfie. Posting a photo of herself with Prime Minister Modi to Instagram, Meloni wrote, “Good friends at COP28, #Melody.” Due to the extensive online sharing of their united images, “#Melody” has become a trending topic.
PM Modi and Meloni spoke bilaterally during the G7 Summit on their countries’ cooperation in military and security.
According to the Foreign Ministry, “both sides expressed hope to strengthen defense industrial cooperation and discussed bilateral defense and security cooperation.” They were happy to see the Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour and training ship ITS Vespucci visit India before the year ends.”
The Indian government’s acknowledgement of India’s role in the Italian campaign during World War II was also acknowledged by PM Modi, who also stated that India would be renovating the Yashwantrao Ghadge Memorial in Montone, Italy. Along with reviewing the development of the strategic alliance between Italy and India, PM Modi and his Italian colleague expressed satisfaction with the regular high-level political dialogue.
In order to create strong supply chains, they underlined how important it is to fortify corporate ties in the areas of clean energy, manufacturing, space exploration, research and technology, telecommunications, artificial intelligence, and essential minerals.
A framework for cooperation on patents, designs, and trademarks was formed via a Memorandum of Understanding on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), which was reached upon. The signing was applauded in this regard. Additionally, they applauded the signing of an intent letter to collaborate on the energy transition during the conference, noting that this will enhance bilateral cooperation in clean and green energy under the framework of the “Global Bio-Energy Partnership.”
The Foreign Ministry expressed satisfaction with new cooperative projects for cooperative scientific and technical research and development from 2025 to 2027 with the goal of strengthening collaboration. “Had a productive meeting with PM @GiorgiaMeloni,” PM Modi commented, offering details on his conversation with Meloni. Thank you for your kind hospitality and excellent arrangements while India attended the G7 Summit in Italy.
Notably, PM Modi accepted Prime Minister Meloni’s invitation to attend the G7 Summit in Apulia, Italy. This was PM Modi’s fifth straight G7 Summit attendance, and India’s eleventh overall. The United States, Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, France, and the European Union were among the seven members of the G7 Summit. During the G7 Summit in Italy on Saturday, Prime Minister Modi gave brief glimpses of his involvement and claimed to have represented India’s viewpoint internationally.
The film includes snippets of PM Modi’s one-on-one conversations during the G7 Summit with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and French President Emmanuel Macron.In addition, among other world leaders, PM Modi was spotted speaking with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, and US President Joe Biden.
PM Modi also had a conversation with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during the G7 Summit. A selfie that PM Modi and PM Meloni took together is shown in the video. “An important G7 Summit where I presented India’s perspective on the global platform,” wrote PM Modi, sharing the video on his former account. These are the salient features.”