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Vatican City: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Pope Francis to visit India. The invitation was extended when he met the Holy Father in Vatican City. He was accompanied by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Foreign Minister Dr S Jaishankar. The Prime Minister held a one-on-one meeting with the Pope today ahead of the delegation-level talks during which they are expected to discuss a range of issues such as COVID-19.
PM Modi is on a two-day visit to Rome for the G20 Summit at the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
There was no set agenda for the talks with the Pope. “I believe tradition is not to have an agenda when you discuss issues with His Holiness. And I think we respect that. I’m sure the issues that will be covered would cover a range of areas of interests in terms of the general global perspectives and issues that are important to all of us,” Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan had said yesterday.
#WATCH Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Vatican City to meet Pope Francis
He is accompanied by NSA Ajit Doval and EAM Dr S Jaishankar pic.twitter.com/JZiMbXUtLN
— ANI (@ANI) October 30, 20210
Modi will then head to Glasgow in the UK for the COP26 meeting at the invitation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The Prime Minister interacted with people of different countries, including the Indian community and friends of India from different organisations in the Italian capital on Friday.
Earlier, Mr Modi had paid floral tributes at the bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Rome.
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With inputs from NDTV
