PM Narendra Modi Returns to India After his Landmark Visit to US and Egypt

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 26th June. Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to India on Sunday night following a six-day visit to the United States and Egypt, during which several landmark agreements were signed.

Union Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi and BJP chief J P Nadda greeted PM Modi at the Delhi airport. Harsh Vardhan, Hans Raj Hans, and Gautam Gambhir were among the BJP leaders and Delhi MPs present.

#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns to Delhi after concluding his state visits to US and Egypt, received by BJP chief JP Nadda and other party leaders pic.twitter.com/H0FsEyzRqz

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The Prime Minister had embarked on his visit to the US on June 20 and in New York, he led a historic event at the UN Headquarters to commemorate the 9th International Day of Yoga on June 21.

Later, in Washington DC, he was given a red-carpet welcome at the White House by President Biden. The two leaders held a historic summit on Thursday, followed by PM Modi’s address to Congress and a State Dinner hosted at the White House by the Bidens in his honour.

The visit was marked by several major deals to boost cooperation in key areas such as defence, space and trade.

PM Modi arrived in Cairo on Saturday after concluding his high-profile state visit to the US and was received at the airport by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly.

He concluded his first-ever visit to Egypt this evening. During the visit, he held talks with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and was conferred the Arab country’s highest honour ‘Order of the Nile’.

PM Modi held talks with Sisi on Sunday and discussed ways to further strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries with a focus on improving trade and investments, energy ties and people-to-people ties. The two countries elevated their relationship to a “Strategic Partnership”.

President El-Sisi conferred PM Modi the ‘Order of the Nile’ award – Egypt’s highest state honour. This is the 13th highest state honour conferred upon Prime Minister Modi. (with agency inputs)