On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Ulf Kristersson on his election as Sweden’s next prime minister. He expressed satisfaction at competing strongly with his Swedish counterpart to enhance the multifaceted partnership between the two countries.
Sweden’s parliament on Monday elected Kristersson, the conservative leader of the Moderate Party, to head a subsidized coalition through a once-radical far-right party.
“Congratulations to H. E. M. Ulf Kristersson on his election as the next Prime Minister of Sweden. I hope you will introduce me together to enhance our multifaceted partnership,” Modi said in a tweet.
Congratulations to H. E. M. Ulf Kristersson on his election as the next Prime Minister of Sweden. I look forward to working together to enhance our partnership multifacética. @SwedishPM
Kristersson, 59, elected by 176 votes to 173. Se expects his government to provide Tuesday. Although their tripartite coalition does not have a majority, Swedish prime ministers can govern as long as there is no opposing parliamentary majority. to them
His party, the Liberals and Christian Democrats, form M. Kristersson’s center-right coalition government, but said he would continue to work hard with the Sweden Democrats. For him to win a majority in Parliament, the Sweden Democrats will have to do so. This puts the party in a position to marginally influence government policy, even if it has no cabinet seats.
Magdalena Andersson, who lately leads Sweden’s Social Democrats party, will be replaced by M. Kristersson. Il supports Sweden’s historic NATO bid after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February.
The center-left opposition sharply criticized the new coalition, with Lena Hallgren of the Social Democrats describing it as a “strange construct. “
According to many, this would damage Sweden’s reputation as an equal and tolerant nation, as it represented a paradigm shift. authoritarianism.
The governments of Sweden and India agreed to deepen their collaboration on innovation and strategic innovation partnership.
The Indo-Swedish Innovation Partnership is beginning to show its positive effects in a variety of industries. India is now heavily dependent on Sweden as a trading partner. Lately there are more than two hundred Swedish corporations in India. Swedish corporations invested $1. 7 billion in India, resulting in the creation of two hundred thousand direct jobs and two thousand two hundred thousand obliques.
India and Sweden established relations in 1949 on the basis forged of shared democratic values. Since Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in Sweden in 1957, the two countries have maintained high-level contacts.
Numerous high-level officials have taken positions since then. President Pranab Mukherjee visited Sweden from May 31 to June 2, 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Sweden in April 2018 for India’s first Nordic summit and the King of Sweden visited Sweden in December 2019 at the invitation of President Ram Nath Kovind are the 3 most important. Recent important.
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