While all airtime goes to Geeta's return, underway in Delhi, is the historic 54-nation African summit. That's Union culture minister Dr Mahesh Sharma welcoming the King of Swaziland Mswati III.


The 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit kicked off in New Delhi on Monday with a meeting among the senior officials of the host nation and 54 countries from the African continent.


"A moment for the cameras. IAFS formally begins with senior officials meeting," India's foreign office spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted, soon after a photo session at the venue, the Indira Gandhi Nation Stadium in New Delhi.


According to Indian officials, this will, perhaps, be the first time that all the 54 African countries are coming together outside the continent for such a meeting, with 40 of them expected to be represented by their heads of state or government.