PM Modi Arrives In Portugal On The First Leg Of His Three-Nation Tour:- On the first leg of his three-nation tour, Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi arrived in Portugal.

Modi will hold talks with his Portugese counterpart Antonio Costa to boost bilateral ties. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay tweeted along with some photographs.

“Ola Portugal. PM @narendramodi arrives in Lisbon, departing from protocol Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva receives the Prime Minister.

Olá Portugal. PM @narendramodi arrives in Lisbon, departing from Protocol Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva receives the Prime Minister pic.twitter.com/sXYXZHVJ4W

— Gopal Baglay (@MEAIndia) June 24, 2017

Modi, before leaving for Lisbon, had said during his meeting with the Portuguese Prime Minister Costa, the two leaders will build on their recent discussions and review the progress of various joint initiatives and decisions. Meanwhile, Costa tweeted this is an excellent opportunity to review the implementation of the accords agreed during his India visit and sign new agreements.

The highlight of Modi’s four-day three-nation visit will be the US leg as Modi will be meeting President Donald Trump. On June 26, Modi will be meeting Trump in Washington. The Indian PM ahead of his US visit, said he looked forward to the opportunity of having an in-depth exchange of views.

Modi tweeted:

“My USA visit is aimed at deepening ties between our nations. Strong India-USA ties benefit our nations & the world.”

My USA visit is aimed at deepening ties between our nations. Strong India-USA ties benefit our nations & the world. https://t.co/UaF6lbo1ga

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 23, 2017

In his Facebook post, Modi said his two-day visit to Washington from June 25 was at the invitation of Trump. Modi will be meeting some prominent American CEOs, apart from official meetings with Trump and his cabinet colleagues. After the US visit, on June 27, Modi will travel to Netherlands, where he will have a meeting with the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and call on King Willem-Alexander and meet Queen Maxima.

The two countries are celebrating 70 years of the establishment of Indo-Dutch diplomatic relations this year. Ahead of the visit, Modi said I look forward to meeting Prime Minister Rutte and reviewing our bilateral relations. I would be exchanging views with PM Rutte on important global issues including counter- terrorism and climate change.”

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