This Article is From Oct 28, 2015

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Meet 20 African Leaders Today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Meet 20 African Leaders Today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first meeting on Wednesday will be at 9 am with Mr Mugabe.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have bilateral meetings with 20 African leaders today including Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and South African President Jacob Zuma.

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said that the Prime Minister's bilateral meetings with the African leaders, who will attend the India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) on October 29, will continue till October 30.

Mr Modi's first meeting today will be at 9 am with Mr Mugabe. The bilateral meetings will take place at Hyderabad House and continue will 5 pm.

He will meet Ghanian President John Dramani Mahama, Swaziland's King Mswati III, Benin's President Boni Yayi, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.

Mr Modi will also meet Lesotho Prime Minister Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili, Equatorial Guinea's President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Nigerien President Issoufou Mahamadou and Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno.

Mr Modi's meetings include that with Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario, Sao Tome and Principe's Prime Minister Patrice Emery Trovoada, Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, African Union Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Guinean President Alpha Conde and Botswana Vice President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who met eight of her African counterparts on Tuesday, will meet 12 more today.
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