India and Norway elevate ties to Green Strategic Partnership, sign pacts on space, health, and digital development on May 18, 2026

Key facts

• India and Norway elevated bilateral ties to a 'Green Strategic Partnership' after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in Oslo on May 18, 2026, focusing on clean energy, climate resilience, Blue Economy, and Green Shipping.
• An MoU was signed between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Norwegian Space Agency to enhance cooperation in the space sector.
• The two nations concluded a Triangular Development Cooperation Agreement to use India's Digital Public Infrastructure projects for human development in countries of the Global South.
• Prime Minister Modi was conferred the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit by King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway.
• This was the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Norway in over 40 years; the last such visit was by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1983.