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PM Narendra Modi congratulated Christian Stocker on his swearing-in as Austria's Chancellor, expressing hope for a strengthened India-Austria partnership. Stocker's coalition government aims to address economic challenges and enforce stricter immigration and extremism measures.

Just months before becoming chancellor of Austria on Monday, Christian Stocker was a party functionary with no ministerial experience, fast approaching retirement age and barely known outside the political bubble.