Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a tour to Brazil from November 18-19, 2024 to attend the G20 Summit. This year Brazilian President, Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva will host the Summit. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed that the Prime Minister will travel to Rio De Janeiro.
“During the Summit, the PM will put forward India’s positions on various issues of global importance and build on the outcomes from the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration and Voice of the Global South Summits which were hosted by India in the past two years,” the MEA statement said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tour will visit Nigeria on November 16, 2024. He will visit Nigeria from November 16-17, 2024. MEA said, “This will the first visit by an Indian prime minister to Nigeria in 17 years.”
He will also address a gathering of the Indian community in Nigeria. India and Nigeria have been strategic partners since 2007 with growing economic, energy and defence collaboration. More than 200 Indian companies have invested over $27 billion in important sectors in Nigeria. India and Nigeria also share a strong development cooperation partnership.
The MEA said that Prime Minister’s visit is significant in wake of raging conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, and West Asia. India is part of the G20 Troika along with Brazil and South Africa and actively participated in the G-20 Summit related issues.
Prime Minister Modi is expected to meet a large number of leaders on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit. However, there are no details on the bilateral meetings yet.
The last leg of Modi’s three-nation tour will be in Guyana, where he is visiting at the invitation of President Mohamed Irfaan Ali. This visit to Guyana will be the first by an Indian Prime Minister since 1968.
