Prime Minister Narendra Modi held 31 bilateral meetings and informal interactions with global leaders during his recent three-nation tour. In Nigeria, PM Modi met with the President of Nigeria for a bilateral discussion.
During the G20 Summit in Brazil, he conducted 10 bilateral meetings with leaders from Brazil, Indonesia, Portugal, Italy, Norway, France, the UK, Chile, Argentina, and Australia.
Notably, it was his first meeting with five leaders:
– Prabowo Subianto, President of Indonesia
– Luis Montenegro, Prime Minister of Portugal
– Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the UK
– Gabriel Boric, President of Chile
– Javier Milei, President of Argentina
Additionally, PM Modi engaged in informal interactions and brief meetings with leaders from Singapore, South Korea, Egypt, the USA, and Spain.
He also met with prominent international figures such as Ursula von der Leyen (European Union), Antonio Guterres (United Nations), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (World Trade Organization), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (World Health Organization), and Kristalina Georgieva and Gita Gopinath (International Monetary Fund).
In Guyana, the Prime Minister held nine bilateral meetings with leaders from Guyana, Dominica, the Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda, Grenada, and St. Lucia.