PM Modi back, met 31 world leaders during 3-nation tour

PM Narendra Modi was back in India on Friday after his three-nation tour of Nigeria, Brazil and Guyana. The PM met 31 world leaders and heads of organisations during his five-day travel, which was marked by a flurry of bilateral meetings.

Official sources said Modi participated in 31 bilateral meetings and informal interactions with global leaders during his visit. He held one meeting in Nigeria and 10 bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Brazil. Thereafter, during the visit to Guyana, he held nine bilateral meetings.

“In Nigeria, Modi held a bilateral meeting with the Nigerian President. In Brazil, he held bilateral meetings with leaders of Brazil, Indonesia, Portugal, Italy, Norway, France, UK, Chile, Argentina and Australia,” the official sources said.

They added that among the 10 bilateral meetings in Brazil, the first was with Prabowo Subianto, President of Indonesia; Luis Montenegro, PM of Portugal; Keir Starmer, PM of the UK; Gabriel Boric, President of Chile; and Javier Milei, President of Argentina.

In Brazil, the PM had informal interactions and pull-aside meetings with leaders of Singapore, South Korea, Egypt, US and Spain and with the heads and executives of international organisations like Ursula von der Leyen, EU; Antonio Guterres, UN; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, World Trade Organisation; Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organisation; and Kristalina Georgieva and Gita Gopinath, IMF.

Sources said in Guyana, the PM held bilateral meetings with leaders of Guyana, Dominica, Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda, Grenada and St Lucia.