Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived Vienna on Tuesday from Moscow on a two-day visit to Austria and was hosted by Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer for a private engagement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.
Welcome to Vienna, PM @narendramodi ! It is a pleasure and honour to welcome you to Austria. Austria and India are friends and partners. I look forward to our political and economic discussions during your visit! pic.twitter.com/e2YJZR1PRs
— Karl Nehammer (@karlnehammer) July 9, 2024
"An important milestone in India-Austria partnership! PM @narendramodi hosted by Austrian Chancellor @karlnehammer for a private engagement. This is the first meeting between the two leaders. Discussions on realising the full potential of bilateral partnership lie ahead," MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a post on X, along with photographs of the two leaders together in Vienna.
Modi was seen hugging Nehammer in one of the photos while in another, the Austrian chancellor was seen clicking a selfie with the prime minister.
PM @narendramodi arrives in the historic city of Vienna on his first bilateral visit to Austria.
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) July 9, 2024
Welcomed by FM @a_schallenberg at the airport.
As the two countries are celebrating 75th Anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations this year, this momentous visit will… pic.twitter.com/5YvfgFzbRS
PM Modi's state visit to Austria marks the first by any Indian prime minister in the last 40 years. In 1983, Indira Gandhi visited the Central European nation. Now, all eyes would be on the talks between PM Modi and Chancellor Nehammer to ink new avenues of cooperation as India and Austria celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations.
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