PM Modi leaves for home after concluding three-nation Africa tour
July 27, 2018 21:27
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today left for home after concluding his three-nation Africa tour during which he attended the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Summit in South Africa and he held bilateral meetings with several world leaders including presidents of China and Russia.
'Gratitude to President @CyrilRamaphosa and the people of South Africa for the excellent organisation of the BRICS Summit. The deliberations in the Summit were fruitful. I also got the opportunity to interact with other world leaders and discuss bilateral relations,' Modi tweeted.
On the last leg of his trip, Modi visited South Africa where he attended the BRICS summit and also held bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, South African President Ramaphosa, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other leaders.
Earlier, Modi travelled to Rwanda on a two-day visit, becoming the first Indian premier to visit the East African country.
Modi held wide-ranging talks with Rwanda's President Paul Kagame and the two sides signed a defence cooperation agreement. India also extended a $200 million lines of credit to Rwanda for its economic development.
From Rwanda, Modi travelled to Uganda -- the first bilateral tour by an Indian prime minister since 1997 -- where he held wide-ranging talks with President Yoweri Museveni and also addressed the country's Parliament.
India extended two lines of credit worth nearly $200 million to Uganda in energy infrastructure, agriculture and dairy sectors. -- PTI
Photograph: @MEAIndia/Twitter
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