PM Modi to visit Greece after BRICS summit in South Africa and Greece on 25 August

PM Modi to visit Greece after
BRICS summit in South Africa and Greece on 25 August

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Greece this week after attending the BRICS Summit.
It will be the first ever visit to Greece by an Indian prime minister since Indira Gandhi in 1983.

As per the Ministry of External Affairs PM Modi will travel to Greece on 25 August after 40 years following his visit to South Africa for the BRICS Summit.

Notedly, India and Greece enjoy civilizational ties, which strengthened in recent years through cooperation in areas like maritime transport, defence, trade and investments and people-to-people ties.

PM Modi, reportedly, will hold talks with Prime Minister Mitsotakis to discuss ways to further deepen the relationship.

While in Greece, Modi is also expected to meet business leaders and the Indian diaspora. in Greece.
Late Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had visited Greece visit is the first by an Indian prime minister in 1983. In 2021, India’s top diplomat
S. Jaishankar visited the country, the first by an Indian foreign minister in 18 years.

However, Media reports reveal that the two countries plan to enhance their ties to the level of a comprehensive strategic partnership amid Modi’s visit. Talks are also likely to feature possibility of a migration agreement to improve the flow of workers.

Greece has long been friendly to India which conducted nuclear tests in 1998, and Greece’s defence minister visited India later that year, becoming the first defence minister of a NATO country to do so.

Greece also supported India’s bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and its attempts to enter the Nuclear Suppliers Group. It had also joined India-led groupings such as the International Solar Alliance. It also refrained from taking positions on India’s internal politics, including issues such as Kashmir and the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Reportedly, the two countries held a bilateral defence exercise in the Aegean Sea in July. India’s embassy in Greece revealed that “INS Chennai” naval ship of the Indian Navy visited Souda Bay, Crete from 27-29 July, 2023 and undertook a passage exercise with the Hellenic Naval Ship Nikiforos Fokas in the Aegian Sea.

News Edit K.V.Raman