Republic of Korea President Lee Jae Myung held delegation-level talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on April 20, 2026, during the second day of his three-day state visit to India that runs from April 19 to 21, 2026. This is the first state visit to India by a South Korean President in eight years and reflects renewed strategic focus on bilateral relations between the two countries. The two leaders adopted a Joint Strategic Vision 2026-2030 to implement and expand the India-Republic of Korea Special Strategic Partnership for the next five years, anchoring 25 outcomes across trade, technology, defence, shipbuilding, space, energy and people-to-people ties. Both sides committed to nearly doubling bilateral merchandise trade from around 27 billion US dollars to 50 billion US dollars by 2030 and to fast-tracking an upgrade of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement that has been in force since 2010, with negotiations to conclude by 2027. President Lee was accompanied by a high-profile business delegation of around 200 executives from major Korean conglomerates including Samsung, Hyundai, LG and SK Group, and the two leaders attended a working lunch with business leaders from both sides. The Joint Strategic Vision frames cooperation across pillars covering semiconductors, artificial intelligence and digital technologies, electric vehicles and battery ecosystems, defence manufacturing and co-production, civil nuclear cooperation, critical minerals and clean energy supply chains, and Indo-Pacific maritime security. Both leaders agreed to institutionalise summit-level engagement by holding annual summits in either country or on the margins of major international events.