From Brussels, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for Washington to attend the Nuclear Security Summit on March 31 and April 1.
Highlights
- PM Modi in Brussels to attend India-EU Summit
- His visit comes a week after multiple bombings killed 32 people
- PM to head to US, Saudi Arabia after Brussels
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in terror-hit Brussels this morning as part of the three-nation tour. His visit comes a week after deadly bombings in the city that killed 32 people.
In Brussels, PM Modi will attend the 13th India-EU Summit. In a pre-departure statement, he said it will advance multifaceted engagement across a whole range of sectors and described the 28-member bloc as a "vital trading partner".
The India-EU Summit is aimed at deepening the strategic partnership between the two sides which are likely to deliberate on ways to finalise the free trade agreement. The last Summit had taken place in 2012.
"An invigorating mix of bilateral & multilateral diplomacy in the offing as PM @narendramodi departs on 3 nation tour," MEA Spokesperson Vikas Swarup had tweeted yesterday.
From Brussels, PM Modi will leave for Washington to attend the Nuclear Security Summit on March 31 and April 1 and from there he will travel to Saudi Arabia on a two-day visit with a focus on boosting energy and security cooperation.
At least 32 people were killed and over 300 wounded after two bombs exploded at Brussels Airport and one at Maelbeek metro station in the Belgian city on March 22.
An Indian, Raghavendran Ganeshan, the Infosys employee also died in the attack, India's ambassador to Belgium had confirmed on Monday. His body was found by Belgian authorities in the metro train at Maelbeek station where one of the bombs went off.