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Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to India from his week-long visit to the United States and Egypt late Sunday, following a series of headline-grabbing moments in New York, Washington DC and Cairo.
“My visit to Egypt was a historic one. It will add renewed vigour to India-Egypt relations and will benefit the people of our nations,” Modi wrote on Twitter before he left for New Delhi. He had landed in Cairo on June 24 in his first-ever visit to Egypt. Prior to this, PM Modi had led an event at the UN Headquarters to commemorate the 9th International Day of Yoga, held talks with US President Joe Biden and top administration officials, addressed Congress and met with top American executives, and signed several deals to boost cooperation in key areas such as defence, space and trade.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Sunday conferred with the ‘Order of the Nile’, Egypt’s highest honour, by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the Presidential Palace in Cairo.
Instituted in 1915, the ‘Order of the Nile’ is conferred upon heads of states, crown princes, and vice presidents who offer Egypt or humanity invaluable services. This is the 13th highest state honour conferred upon Prime Minister Modi. (Read more)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on his first State visit to Egypt, met the Grand Mufti of Egypt Dr Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam in Cairo on Saturday.
"Had enriching discussions on India-Egypt ties, notably cultural and people-to-people linkages," Modi wrote on Twitter.
A key moment of PM Modi's US visit was the address to the Congress members. In a one-hour speech, he touched upon a variety of topics like the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the US’s place in India’s scheme of things, the importance of women's empowerment, sustainability and tech revolution, the vitality of democracy and more. Read Shubhajit Roy's detailed report on the address.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the US State dinner hosted by the US President at the White House on June 22, where both the leaders expressed that the occasion celebrates great bonds of friendship between India and the United States. Billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani, Google CEO Sunder Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook were among the 400 guests invited to the State Dinner hosted in the honour of PM Modi at the White House. (Read more)
US President Joe Biden by his side, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that “democracy is in our DNA”, and “there is absolutely no question of discrimination” regardless of “caste, creed, religion and gender”. He was responding to a journalist’s question about what steps his government is willing to take to improve the rights of minorities in India and to uphold free speech.
At the joint press conference where the leaders took questions from one reporter from each side, Biden, on being asked about raising issues of human rights and democracy with the visiting Prime Minister, said, “Prime Minister and I had a good discussion about democratic values… and that is the best part of our relationship. We are straightforward with each other and we respect each other.” (Read more)
The Joint Statement issued by India and the United States affirmed a vision of the two countries as “among the closest partners in the world — a partnership of democracies looking into the 21st century with hope, ambition, and confidence”
The Joint Statement affirmed that “no corner of human enterprise is untouched by the partnership between our two great countries, which spans the seas to the stars”. These are the key points from the 58-paragraph Joint Statement, and a ‘Fact Sheet’ issued by the White House. Here are 8 key elements from the joint statement.
In an early morning video message on the 9th International Day of Yoga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yoga unites people across the world and is an extension of the idea that the world is one family. This, he said, is the basis for the theme of India’s G20 presidency: “One Earth, One Family, One Future”.
He led a yoga session at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, where top officials, envoys and prominent people from over 180 countries joined him.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday visited the Heliopolis Commonwealth War Cemetery in Cairo and offered tributes to the Indian soldiers who bravely fought and laid down their lives in Egypt and Palestine during the First World War.
Modi offered floral tributes and signed the visitor's book at the Cemetery that comprises the Heliopolis (Port Tewfik) Memorial and the Heliopolis (Aden) Memorial. The Heliopolis (Port Tewfik) Memorial commemorates nearly 4,000 Indian soldiers who died fighting in Egypt and Palestine in the First World War. (Read more)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the historic 11th-century Al-Hakim Mosque in Cairo on Sunday, which was restored with the help of India’s Dawoodi Bohra community. The Prime Minister was seen appreciating the intricate carved inscriptions on the walls and doorways of the mosque which was built in 1012.
Over a thousand years old, al-Hakim is the fourth oldest mosque in Cairo, and the second Fatimid mosque to be built in the city. The mosque covers an area of 13,560 square metres, with the iconic central courtyard occupying 5,000 square metres. (Read more)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi toured the great Pyramids of Giza on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital, which were included in the Seven Wonders of the World.
Escorted by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Modi visited the three pyramids of the 4th-dynasty erected on a rocky plateau on the west bank of the Nile River near Al-Jizah (Giza) in northern Egypt. Modi was seen seeking details about the Great Pyramid of Giza, which is the largest Egyptian pyramid and served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled under the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. (Read more)
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