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  "textContent": "Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took selfies at the Colosseum and admired the view over Rome ahead of talks focused on trade on Wednesday.\n\nIn a video posted on X, Meloni also thanked Modi for bringing along a packet of “Melody” toffees on his visit, with the two seen laughing over the present — a play on their names.\n\nWrapping up a tour of Europe, Modi landed in Rome on Tuesday for the first bilateral visit by an Indian prime minister to Italy in 26 years.\n\n> Modi previously visited Italy for a G20 meeting in 2021 and a G7 summit in 2024.\n\nIn a joint opinion in Italy’s _Corriere della Sera_ daily, the two said they wanted to “reach and exceed the €20 billion ($23bn) target for trade between Italy and India by 2029”.\n\n> Particular sectors of interest would include defence, aerospace, car parts, clean technologies and textiles, they said.\n\n“We aim to forge a powerful synergy between Italian design, manufacturing excellence, and world-class supercomputers… and India’s rapid economic growth, engineering talent, scale, and innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem,” they said.\n\n> Bilateral trade between Italy and India was €14.25bn last year, according to the Indian embassy to Italy.\n\nLater on Wednesday, the two leaders will hold bilateral talks at Villa Pamphili, a 17th-century villa to the west of the city centre.\n\nModi on X said he would also visit the Rome headquarters of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) “strengthening India’s commitment to multilateralism as well as global food security”.\n\n>",
  "title": "Colosseum selfies and 'Melody' toffee: Modi meets Meloni in Rome"
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