Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Sweden on the first leg of his three-nation tour of Europe. For the Prime Minister’s welcome, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven broke protocol and received PM Modi at the airport. This is a historical visit as this is the first prime ministerial visit from India to Sweden in 30 years.
During his visit, PM Modi will hold a bilateral summit with Lofven following which a number of agreements are expected to be signed.
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Later in the day, Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to meet King of Sweden King Carl XVI Gustaf in the morning followed by a walk with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven from Sogerska to Rosenbad. After that, the Prime Ministers of both the countries will sign bilateral agreements followed by a press conference at around 1:30 p.m. (Sweden local time).
Landed in Stockholm. I thank Prime Minister Stefan Löfven for the warm welcome at the airport. @SwedishPM pic.twitter.com/nJuqebdiOr
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 16, 2018
Prime Minister Modi is further scheduled to take part in the Sweden-India business day at the City hall Golden room.
Later, Nordic Prime Minister Lofven will conduct a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Modi at Hotel Grand.
Prime Minister Modi will then attend the India-Nordic Summit and Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sweden.
The community event is scheduled to be held at the Stockholm University in the evening after which Prime Minister Modi will depart for London at around 8:30 p.m. (Sweden local time).
The forthcoming visit of Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the UK will focus on enhancing India-UK tech partnership. He will attend the CHOGM in London from April 19 to 20.
After concluding his visits to Sweden and the UK, the Prime Minister will meet Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin for a brief while and both the leaders will exchange views on a number of bilateral, regional and global issues.