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PM Modi leaves for Kuwait visit | Photo courtesy: MEA X handle

PM Modi emplanes for a visit to Kuwait

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Dec 21, 2024, at 11:00 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday left India for a visit to Kuwait where he is scheduled to meet the Indian diaspora.

🎥 As PM @narendramodi is enroute to Kuwait, take a look at the various facets of 🇮🇳-🇰🇼 relationship. pic.twitter.com/g3ZkNlMA1z
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) December 21, 2024

This is the first visit to Kuwait by any Prime Minister in over four decades.

Late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was the last Indian premier to visit Kuwait in 1981.

-| Reinvigorating deep rooted & traditional relationship.

PM @narendramodi departs for a two day visit to Kuwait. This will be the first visit by an Indian PM in the last 43 years. pic.twitter.com/Gk5kIrRFhD
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) December 21, 2024

Modi is visiting Kuwait at the invitation of His Highness Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Amir of the State of Kuwait.

"I look forward to my meetings with His Highness the Amir, the Crown Prince and the Prime Minister of Kuwait. It would be an opportunity to chalk out a roadmap for a futuristic partnership for the benefit of our people and the region," said the Prime Minister in his departure statement.

"I eagerly look forward to meeting the Indian diaspora in Kuwait who have immensely contributed to strengthening of bonds of friendship between the two nations," he added.

Today and tomorrow, I will be visiting Kuwait. This visit will deepen India’s historical linkages with Kuwait. I look forward to meeting His Highness the Amir, the Crown Prince and the Prime Minister of Kuwait.

This evening, I will be interacting with the Indian community and…
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 21, 2024

Modi will participate in the inauguration ceremony of the Arabian Gulf Cup, a premier sporting event in the Gulf region.

"I look forward to being a part of this celebration of athletic excellence and regional unity," the PM said.

#NarendraModi #Kuwait

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