Prime Minister Orpo to visit India
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo will visit New Delhi, India on 17–20 February. On Thursday 19 February, Prime Minister Orpo will attend the India AI Impact Summit hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and on Wednesday 18 February he will have a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Modi. Prime Minister Orpo will be accompanied by a business delegation composed of representatives of 22 Finnish companies.
Besides Heads of State and Government, the AI Impact Summit will bring together International organisations, various stakeholders, AI experts and dozens of leading AI companies from around the world. The summit gives an opportunity to strengthen the common understanding of the principles of global AI governance and to build international cooperation related to the theme. Prime Minister Orpo also participated in the AI Action Summit in Paris in 2025.
“At the summit we will highlight Finland’s strengths in the fields of AI policy and innovation. Finland has world-class expertise in AI and potential to lead the way in its use. At the same time, we will also promote the safe and responsible use of AI. Geopolitical and economic competition keeps growing, and Finland must be highly active in international technology issues. Besides cooperation among the like-minded countries, we must also seek a common understanding with other countries,” Prime Minister Orpo says.
At the India AI Impact Summit, Prime Minister Orpo will deliver Finland’s address, visit various country pavilions and speak at the side events organised by the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra and the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM). The agenda also includes a dinner for invited guests hosted by Prime Minister Modi and other high-level meetings.
India is gaining an increasingly prominent role in the world. Finland and India have good relations, which continue to grow even closer. The commercial and economic interests are very strong and there is a lot of potential related to these. Finland’s new Consulate General inaugurated in Mumbai in 2022 was a major contribution to deepening the relations and responding to India’s growing geopolitical and geoeconomic role.
“We want to continue the work towards even closer cooperation between our countries, with a particular focus on the commonly defined fields - digitalisation and sustainability. Our aim is to strengthen the new strategic partnership in these fields. The EU-India Free Trade Agreement concluded in January opens significant opportunities to further improve our relations,” Prime Minister Orpo says.
The negotiations on the EU-India Free Trade Agreement came to a successful conclusion on 27 January 2026. The negotiations had been in progress since 2007, with some interruptions. The agreement improves the access of European companies to the large and growing Indian markets and it has a key role in strengthening the partnership between the EU and India.
The business delegation has representatives from Aquamec Ltd., Business Finland, CSC-IT Center for Science, ECHO Engineering Oy, Edugametion Oy, Elematic Oyj, Europe-Asia Roundtable Sessions Ltd., Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence / University of Helsinki, Flow Systems Oy, Helsinki Partners, ICEYE Oy, KONE Oyj, Nokia , Nordes Oy, Odd Latent Oy, ProVerse Interactive, Puustelli Group Oy, QMill Oy, ReOrbit, Routa Digital Oy, Verona Shelters Group and Wärtsilä Oyj Abp.
Inquiries: Marja Koskela, Diplomatic Adviser to the Prime Minister, tel. +358 295 160 978, Tuomas Tikkanen, Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister in European Affairs, tel. +358 40 523 5768 and Lauri Heikkinen, Senior Communications Specialist, tel. +358 46 923 5090, Prime Minister’s Office
Inquiries concerning the business delegation: Gitta Perez, Commercial Counsellor, tel. +358 41 310 1157, [email protected], Embassy of Finland, New Delhi