'HELLO FROM MELODI TEAM': ITALIAN PM MELONI SHARES VIDEO WITH PM MODI

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has shared a video of herself alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the recently concluded G7 Summit meeting in Italy.

Meloni took to her social media platforms to share the reel in which she says "Hello from the Melodi team" as PM Modi waves at the camera.

The two leaders are seen to share a laugh in the video posted by Meloni on social media platforms, including X and Instagram.

Meloni wrote, "Hi friends, from #Melodi." The hashtag became one among the top trending items on X.

PM Modi and his Italian counterpart, Meloni, also clicked a selfie on the sidelines of the G7 summit that concluded in Italy on Friday.

The camaraderie between the two leaders, who met previously at the G20 Summit in Delhi last year and then at the COP28 in Dubai, has spawned several online memes. In December last year, the two leaders clicked a selfie on the sidelines of the COP28 in Dubai.

While sharing the picture with PM Modi on X, Meloni had stated, "Good friends at COP28, #Melodi." Photographs of the two leaders together have been shared widely on online platforms with the hashtags "Melodi" becoming a trending topic.

During the bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, PM Modi and Meloni discussed defence and security cooperation between the two countries.

"The two sides discussed bilateral defence and security cooperation and hoped for further enhancing the defence industrial collaboration. They welcomed the forthcoming visit of the Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour and training ship ITS Vespucci to India later this year," the Ministry of External Affairs said in an official release.