A brief, friendly exchange between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the G7 leaders’ summit in Évian‑les‑Bains on Tuesday has become a focal point on news and social media, reviving online attention around the portmanteau “Melodi.” The meeting took place as world leaders gathered to discuss global challenges, support for Ukraine and to welcome a U.S.–Iran agreement, among other topics.
A short video clip showing Modi and Meloni greeting and embracing each other just before a group photograph — which included U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders — has gone viral. Though the clip’s audio is not fully clear, Meloni can be heard replying to a remark about the pair’s online popularity by saying they are “Instagram’s most popular couple,” a line that quickly spread across platforms.
The exchange renewed interest in a lighthearted episode from about a month earlier during Modi’s visit to Rome, when he presented Meloni with a packet of Parle’s Melody toffees. The confection, widely marketed in India with the tagline “Very, very chocolaty,” appeared in video footage of the two leaders smiling together. Meloni later posted a thank‑you on her social media account, and in the clip she praised the gift as “very lovely,” while Modi pronounced the sweet’s name in a way that lent itself to the blended nickname.
The nickname “Melodi,” formed from Meloni and Modi, first began circulating online after a bilateral meeting in 2023. Since then, clips and memes highlighting warm moments between the two leaders have repeatedly used the term and accrued millions of views. Meloni herself has embraced the meme in social posts: in 2024 she shared a selfie with Modi on X captioned, “Hi friends, from Melodi,” and during the June 2025 G7 meeting she uploaded a selfie video captioned, “Hello, from the Melodi team.”
While the interactions have drawn lighthearted public attention, they remain peripheral to the summit’s substantive agenda, which focused on geopolitics and collective responses to global crises.
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Publish Date: 2026-06-17 10:08:00
