India, Jan. 12 -- India and Germany have taken a significant step to strengthen bilateral cooperation in postal, express and logistics services with the signing and exchange of two key instruments on January 12, 2026, in Ahmedabad, during the visit of Friedrich Merz, Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The two instruments include:
a Joint Declaration of Intent (JDoI) between the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, Government of India, and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy; and
a Letter of Intent (LoI) between the Department of Posts and Deutsche Post AG, Germany's designated postal operator.
The JDoI was signed by Vandita Kaul, Secretary (Posts), and Philipp Ackermann, Ambassador of the...