TIL Desk/National/World/Berlin/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he had a “very good interaction” when he met German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday at her country retreat near Berlin for informal talks over a private dinner.
The two leaders enjoyed the sunshine with a walk in the grounds of Schloss Meseberg, an 18th-century Baroque castle in the Brandenburg district of Germany which is the official state guest house of the German Chancellor.”Had a very good interaction with Chancellor Merkel,” Modi said in a tweet after his meeting which began by signing the visitors’ book at Schloss Meseberg.
The meeting has been described as a very informal affair, with the more formal engagements of Modi’s two-day visit to Germany set to kick off on Tuesday.”The bonds of a fruitful partnership. Chancellor Merkel receives Prime Minister Modi at Schloss Messeberg before a private dinner,” a Ministry of External Affairs statement on Twitter said, alongside images of the two leaders in conversation in the luxurious gardens of the grand palace.