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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz departs after concluding India visit

IANS | January 13, 2026 03:00 PM

GANDHINAGAR: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday left for home after concluding his two-day visit to India.

Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel, and other dignitaries saw him off at Ahmedabad Airport.

On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chancellor Merz held delegation-level talks at the Mahatma Mandir Convention Centre in Gandhinagar and agreed to take the relationship between the two nations to a qualitatively higher level, with deeper cooperation in defence, space and other critical and emerging technologies.

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