New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- The official visit of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to India on 12-13 January, his first to the Indo-Pacific since taking office, coincided with the 75th anniversary year of diplomatic ties, providing renewed momentum to the India-Germany Strategic Partnership.

The visit reinforced strategic alignment across political, economic and technological domains and precedes the anticipated European Union-India Summit, expected to push forward negotiations on an India-EU trade agreement.

Amid increasing geopolitical fragmentation, renewed emphasis on tech sovereignty and techno-nationalism, with the strategic control and weaponization of technologies a new reality, India and Germany share comprehensive relations dating b...