On 7?January, Prime?Minister?Solberg?landed in New Delhi for a three-day visit?to collaborate on?the?ocean economy and?enhance joint?sustainable development goal?(SDG)?action?by?Norway and India.
Prime?Minister?Solberg reported that the world cannot reach the SDGs unless “India is on board.”?As a gift,?the Prime Minister presented?an SDG football to India’s Prime Minister,?Narendra Modi.
Prime?Minister?Solberg spent two hours at?a government-run?primary?school?in?Nithora?village,?in?Ghaziabad. She interacted?with children, parents and villagers?and discussed sanitation challenges in?Nithora, championing the efforts of local?sanitation?activist?Komal?Hadala.
She ended her trip?by?affirming?the?continued cooperation between Norway and India saying?that?the?trip served to promote?“shared efforts to achieve the and the Sustainable Development Goals,” and she “looks?forward to seeing our partnership bear more fruits, in business, politics and development.”