New Delhi, May 21 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that India and Italy have decided to take their bilateral relations to a special strategic level. Both sides adopted the Joint Action Plan 2025-29 to boost cooperation, aiming to push bilateral trade rapidly towards 20 billion euros, with over 800 Italian companies actively contributing to India's growth.

Addressing a joint press meet with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Wednesday, PM Modi also noted that India and Italy will extend their win-win partnership to third countries and work together on projects in Africa. Both nations declared terrorism a serious threat to humanity and emphasized that responsible democracies must take concrete action, not just c...