Austria's Federal Minister for European and International Affairs, Beate Meinl-Reisinger, will be on an official visit to India from October 27 to November 2, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Monday, October 26.

Source: IANS

During the visit, Meinl-Reisinger will hold talks with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Wednesday. The discussions are expected to cover the progress of the existing Enhanced Partnership between the two countries.

After completing her engagements in New Delhi, she will take part in various programmes in Jaipur from October 29 to November 2, according to the MEA announcement reported by IANS and The World Opinion.

India reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening ties with Austria on Monday. Secretary (West) in the MEA, Sibi George, represented India as chief guest at Austria's National Day celebrations and conveyed warm greetings to the government and people of Austria, the MEA said.

The MEA said both sides look forward to expanding cooperation in trade, investment, defence, technology, innovation and people-to-people exchanges, building on the momentum of high-level engagements.

Earlier on Monday, Jaishankar extended greetings to Meinl-Reisinger, the government and the people of Austria on the country's National Day, ANI reported. "Warm felicitations to FM Beate Meinl-Reisinger, the Government and people of Austria on their National Day. Committed to further strengthening our Enhanced Partnership," he posted on X.

Source: ANI via LatestLY

The visit follows official-level momentum between the two sides. On October 6, Sibi George met Austria's National Security Advisor Peter Vorhofer, and the two discussed enhancing cooperation in security and strategic matters, including counter-terrorism, and exchanged views on regional and global issues, The World Opinion reported.