The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said that business leaders and CEOs who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Sweden expressed strong interest in India and appreciated the country’s transformation driven by sustained economic reforms over the past several years. Addressing reporters after the European Round Table industry meeting, MEA Secretary (West) Sibi George said that CEOs and senior industry leaders highlighted the significant changes they have witnessed in India in recent years.
Mr George also said that Prime Minister Modi and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson exchanged special gifts celebrating the shared cultural legacy of Rabindranath Tagore. According to George, the Swedish Prime Minister gifted PM Modi a box containing two replicas of handwritten epigrams by Tagore, along with an explanatory note and a photograph of the Nobel laureate taken during his 1921 visit to Uppsala University. The MEA Secretary (West) further stated that Prime Minister Modi presented the Swedish Prime Minister with a set of collected works of Rabindranath Tagore, along with a specially handcrafted bag from Shanti Niketan featuring motifs chosen by Tagore to empower local artisans.
PM Modi along with Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, senior European industry leaders, and representatives from leading European and Indian companies, participated in the European CEO round table hosted by the Volvo Group.
