"Heartwarming": PM Modi on Indian diaspora's grand welcome in Nigeria

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the Indian diaspora in Nigeria on Sunday upon his arrival on the first leg of his threenation visitIn a series of posts on X PM Modi shared pictures of his welcome by the Indian diaspora in Nigeria and said that it was heartwarmingHeartwarming to see the Indian community in Nigeria extending such a warm and vibrant welcome he saidHeartwarming to see the Indian community in Nigeria extending such a warm and vibrant welcome pictwittercomQYfAUOpqROmdash Narendra Modi narendramodi November 16 2024PM Modi also highlighted that the Marathi community in Nigeria expressed joy at Marathi being conferred the status of a Classical Language during his interaction with the Indian diasporaIn Nigeria the Marathi community expressed joy at Marathi being conferred the status of a Classical Language It is truly commendable how they remain connected to their culture and roots pictwittercomhVDVykAGi2mdash Narendra Modi narendramodi November 16 2024PM Modi signed and hailed a painting of him made by a member Ritu Agrawal The PM said that my drawing was very good and he took the pen from me and signed the drawing He was very happyIndian diaspora was buzzing with excitement to finally interact with PM Modi upon his arrival Dhirendra Singh Chouhan another member of the Indian diaspora reflected the same excitementWe have been waiting for this day for a long time We gave PM the message of how much pride we are feeling because of his visit We hope that by his visit IndiaNigeria ties will improve further Dhirendra Singh Chouhan another member of the Indian diaspora saidPeople from distant parts of Nigeria travelled to take a glimpse of PM Modi Jitendra Pandey is one of those members of the Indian diaspora who travelled from Laos to AbujaI came from Lagos to meet PM Modi We felt very happy after meeting him There is a lot of excitement among Nigerians as well because of PM Modis arrival he saidMEA also shared pictures of the welcome extended by Nigeria and the Indian diaspora there to PM ModiPM Modi was warmly welcomed by Nyesom Ezenwo Wike Minister for Federal Capital Territory upon his arrival in Abuja the capital city of the Federal Republic of NigeriaMinister Wike presented PM Modi with the Key to the City of Abuja The key symbolises the trust and honour bestowed on the PM by the people of NigeriaThe Prime Minister is scheduled to hold bilateral discussions in Nigeria to strengthen the ties between both countriesPrime Minister Narendra Modi is on a threenation tour to Nigeria Brazil and Guyana scheduled from November 17 to November 21PM Modi issued a statement indicating his first stop in Nigeria following President Bola Ahmed Tinubus invitation aimed at strengthening strategic ties between both countriesAt the invitation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu this will be my first visit to Nigeria which is our close partner in the West African region My visit will be an opportunity to build upon our Strategic Partnership that is based on shared belief in democracy and pluralism I am also eagerly looking forward to meeting the Indian community and friends from Nigeria who have sent me warm welcome messages in Hindi the statement saidPM Modi will be heading to Brazil for the 19th G20 Summit scheduled to take place from November 18 to 19 As a Troika member India will play a significant role in shaping the agenda building on the momentum from its own G20 presidency Brazil is expected to maintain the focus on Global South priorities ensuring continuity and progress on key issuesPM Modis final destination is Guyana where hell make history as the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the country in over five decades During his visit PM Modi will address the Guyanese Parliament and pay respects to the Indian diaspora who migrated to Guyana over 185 years agoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever