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Olaf Scholz, now out of the chancellery spotlight after Friedrich Merz took over in May 2025, jetted into New Delhi on Thursday for his third India trip since 2021, turning heads with high-stakes diplomacy amid global tensions. According to DD News, he joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi to kick off the 18th Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business 2024, where Scholz passionately called for political solutions to the Russia-Ukraine war and West Asia conflicts, warning that Russian success in Ukraine would shatter global security and prosperity. He stressed diplomacy rooted in UN Charter principles, no global policeman in our multipolar mess, and ramped up India-Germany ties in defense, trade, and clean energy, with bilateral talks sealing the deal.
DD News reports Scholz and Modi huddled earlier at the PMs residence, with Scholz posting on X a warm thank you to Modi for the welcome, dubbing India and Germany true allies. This visit, tied to the 7th Intergovernmental Consultations, underscores Scholzs push for deeper military collaboration as Indias economy booms.
Rewind a bit, and Scholz was in Israel on December 6 and 7 per the Federal Government site, meeting President Itzchak Herzog and PM Benjamin Netanyahu post-Gaza ceasefire, laying groundwork for lasting peace after Hamas 2023 horrors. No fresh social buzz or business scoops popped in the last 24 hours, but his India remarks carry biographical weight, echoing his Zeitenwende legacy from 2022 when he greenlit massive Ukraine aid.
Earlier this month, the Bundestag nodded to a historic 52 billion euro arms package on December 9, as Defense Magazine notes, building on Scholzs pivot though Merz now steers it. All verified, no whispers of unconfirmed drama.
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