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Indians ship Modi-Meloni make-believe romance as G7 video goes viral
- The Indian and Italian PMs have become central characters of an internet love story filled with betrayals, heartaches – and happy moments
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to Italy for the G7 summit, it was not diplomatic meetings that dominated headlines back in India – but the relationship with his Italian counterpart.
“Hello from the ‘Melodi’ team”, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said in a video posted to social media on Saturday, waving next to her fellow right-wing leader Modi, beaming a wide grin.
The duo have a close public friendship, seen during the G20 summit in India last year and the Cop28 climate talks in Dubai.
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Modi, who reposted Meloni’s video on X and praised ties between Rome and New Delhi in Italian, was in the resort of Borgo Egnazia on the sidelines of the G7 summit, which brings together Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.
He wrote he had meetings with Meloni to bolster ties “in areas like commerce, energy, defence, telecoms and more”.
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But in India, it was the short Modi-Meloni video that grabbed attention on Sunday – fuelling a flurry of memes and videos on social media dedicated to the fictional relationship between the two leaders.
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