Modi's chat over tea with German Chancellor
Speaking after inaugurating the India pavilion at the world's largest trade fair along with Merkel Modi pitched India as a potential manufacturing hub and wooed German entrepreneurs to invest in the country.
The PM thanked Germany for inviting India to be a partner at the fair and noted that over 400 Indian companies are participating.
Forty-five celebrity chefs from India served mango lassi to the German Chancellor and prepared Gujarati treats like khandvis and dhoklas for Modi.
The two leaders had a cup of tea together after the inauguration.
"Indian tea. What better than a cup of tea from @teaboardofindia to end visit to Indian Pavilion at @hannover_messe," tweeted external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin.
The PM leaves for Berlin on Monday after an interaction with Indian CEOs.
In Berlin, he will meet members of the Indian community in Germany.
Amid a storm over revelation of de-classified intelligence reports that the family of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was being spied upon for two decades, the grandnephew of the freedom fighter is likely to meet Modi in Berlin.
On Sunday, speaking at the inauguration of the fair, the PM promised global investors in presence of Merkel all possible steps to make it easy to do business in India.
Modi is on a nine-day tour of three countries. He spent three days in France before landing in Germany for a two-day visit. He goes to Canada from Germany.
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