Meloni had on December 1 posted the selfie on X with the remarks, "Good friends at COP28" followed by hashtag 'Melodi', a mix of the two leaders' surnames.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, where she was accorded a tri-services guard of honour. Meloni is the chief guest and the keynote speaker at the inaugural session of the eighth Raisina Dialogue.
"Giving in to Putin’s blackmail on energy would not solve the problem, it would exacerbate it by opening the way to further demands and blackmail," Meloni said in her maiden speech to the lower house.