Finland President Alexander Stubb concludes India visit as ties elevate to Strategic Partnership in Digitalisation and Sustainability.

New Delhi, March 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) India-Finland bilateral trade rose 19 per cent in April–December (FY26) compared to the same period last year, marking “a new phase of momentum and structural realignment", a report said on Thursday amid Finnish President Alexander Stubb's first official visit to the country. The report from Rubix Data Sciences said that exports have been the key driver of the renewed momentum, rising at 11 per cent year‑on‑year in April–December of FY26.

New Delhi, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Commerce and Industry Minister on Thursday met Finland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Riikka Purra, and discussed strengthening economic and financial cooperation, enhancing trade and investment ties, and expanding collaboration in digitalisation and emerging sectors. The two leaders also explored opportunities to further deepen India-Finland engagement under the India-EU free trade agreement (FTA). Goyal reached Finland from successful visits to Belgium and Spain. The minister also had productive discussions with Finland's Minister of Economic Affairs, Sakari Puisto. “We discussed ways to deepen India-Finland cooperation in investments, innovation, R&D, startups and business partnerships,” said Goyal in a post on X.

New Delhi, March 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav, and his Finnish counterpart Sari Multala on Thursday renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on environmental cooperation between India and Finland at a meeting held in the national capital. In a post on social media platform X, Yadav said he was happy to note that India had renewed the MoU signed in 2020, deepening cooperation on pollution prevention and control, waste management, climate change, forests and natural resource management through knowledge and technology cooperation.

New Delhi, March 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) India and Finland on Thursday held a high-level bilateral meeting to explore collaboration in skill development, vocational education and workforce mobility. The discussion was held between Jayant Chaudhary, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Matias Marttinen, Finnish Minister of Employment. The meeting reflected growing convergence between the two nations in building resilient and future-ready talent ecosystems, according to the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

New Delhi, March 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India and Finland are working to strengthen their ties as a strategic partnership in digitalisation and sustainability, which will accelerate collaboration in advanced technologies ranging from Artificial Intelligence and 6G telecommunications to clean energy and quantum computing. Speaking after holding bilateral talks with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, the Prime Minister highlighted that cooperation in these high-tech sectors will add new energy and direction to relations between the two countries.