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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five-day international journey to three countries was fraught with diplomacy, as he met with over 30 world leaders and held numerous bilateral discussions.
During his three-nation foreign journey, he also met with global leaders informally.
PM Modi conducted a bilateral meeting in Nigeria, ten bilateral meetings on the margins of the G20 Summit in Brazil, and nine further bilateral engagements in Guyana.
PM Modi conducted a bilateral meeting with Nigeria’s President.
In Brazil, PM Modi met with the presidents of Brazil, Indonesia, Portugal, Italy, Norway, France, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, and Australia.
Among the ten bilateral meetings in Brazil, this was PM Modi’s first with 5 leaders namely Prabowo Subianto, President of Indonesia; Luis Montenegro, PM of Portugal; Keir Starmer, PM of the U.K; Gabriel Boric, President of Chile and Javier Milei, President of Argentina.
In Brazil, the Prime Minister also met with leaders from Singapore, South Korea, Egypt, the United States, and Spain, as well as heads and executives from various international organizations such as Ursula von der Leyen of the European Union, Antonio Guterres of the United Nations, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of the World Trade Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization, and Kristalina Georgieva and Gita Gopinath of the IMF.
In Guyana, PM Modi met with the leaders of Guyana, Dominica, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and St. Lucia.
The Prime Minister expressed his desire to come home early today morning after wrapping up his five-day international tour with a friendly visit to Guyana.
Announcing his departure from Guyana, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a post on X, “A very warm & productive State visit to Guyana concludes. PM @narendramodi emplanes for New Delhi.”
The three-nation journey highlighted India’s rising global engagement, including crucial discussions in Nigeria, active participation in the G20 conference (in Brazil), and strengthening ties with the Caribbean during the historic Guyana visit.
Source: IANS
