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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed his support for the new partnership between India and Finland to promote mobile technology, ICT and digital education.
He also asked Finland to join the International Solar Alliance and the Coalition for Disaster Resilience Infrastructure (CDRI) stating that both the organisations could benefit from the country’s expertise and abilities. India is at the forefront of both initiatives.
The PM was speaking at the India-Finland virtual summit on Tuesday where he exchanged ideas with his Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin.
Finland is a leader in new and emerging technologies, digital infrastructure, education and skill development, and there is a big scope for cooperation between the two countries in these areas, Modi observed.
“I am happy that we are announcing a new partnership in the area of ICT, mobile technology and digital education. Our education departments will also soon start a high level dialogue,” he said.
The two PMs exchanged views on Covid-19 pandemic and vaccine solidarity, and emphasised unprecedented global efforts in speeding up the development and scaling of manufacture of Covid-19 vaccines and the need to promote equitable access to all countries, said Neeta Bhushan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, at a press conference after the summit.
Modi highlighted that India had taken care of the needs of other countries while dealing with the Covid-19 crisis at home. “Recently, we have supplied more than 58 million doses of vaccines to about 70 countries. I assure you that we will support all of humanity according to our capacities,” he said addressing Marin.
Modi highlighted that both India and Finland believed in a rules-based, transparent, humanitarian and democratic global order and the two countries have strong cooperation in areas like technology, innovation, clean energy, environment and education.
The Finnish PM, too, expressed interest in further intensification of bilateral ties in areas of education, technology and trade.
The virtual summit will come up with a blueprint for future expansion and diversification of India-Finland partnership.
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