India, Jan. 13 -- India and Germany have taken a significant step towards strengthening bilateral cooperation in the postal, express and logistics sector with the signing and exchange of two key instruments on January 12 in Ahmedabad, during the visit of German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz to India.

(i) 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 of Germany; and

(ii) a Letter of Intent (LoI) between the Department of Posts and Deutsche Post AG, Germany's designated postal operator.

The Joint Declaration of Intent was signed by Vandita Kaul, Secretary (Posts), on behalf of the Government of India, and ...