List of Prime Minister foreign Trips and MOU Signed
“List of Recent PM Modi Foreign Visits and Important MoU/Agreement Signed during the event”
COUNTRY: IRELAND
DATE: 23rd September 2015
PRIME MINISTER: Mr. Enda Kenny
AREA VISITED: Dublin
PURPOSE OF VISIT:
- To discuss on the agenda related to Trade and commerce and aviation.
COUNTRY: UNITED STATES
DATE: 24 -30th September 2015
PRESIDENT: Mr. Barack Obama
AREA VISITED: New York, San Francisco
PURPOSE OF VISIT:
- Third Bilateral summit about economic and strategic engagement between the two countries.
- Addressed a summit on 2030 agenda for Sustainable development goals at the UN.
- Attended the summit hosted by President Obama on peacekeeping forces and a special ‘India-US Start-up Konnect’ Programme
- PM Modi held talks with G-4 leaders on reforms in the UNSC.
- Visited headquarters of Google & Tesla motors.
- PM Modi met top American investors as well as interacted with the Indian community in US.
- The PM joined in for Townhall for Q&A along with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
COUNTRY: UNITED KINGDOM
DATE: 12-14th November 2015
PRIME MINISTER: Mr. David Cameron
AREA VISITED: London, Chequers
PURPOSE OF VISIT:
- First Prime ministerial visit in over a decade.
- Met Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham palace.
- Visited the Jagaur land, Rover factory at Solihull as well as interacted with massive gathering of Indian community at the Wembley Stadium.
- To unveiled a statue of Basaveshwara and inaugurated Dr. Ambedkar Memorial in London.
COUNTRY: TURKEY
DATE: 15-16th November 2015
PRIME MINISTER: Mr. Ahmet Davutoglu
AREA VISITED: Antalya
PURPOSE OF VISIT:
- To attend the G20 summit, chaired by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
- The summit focused on the current state of the global economy, sustainable growth, development and climate change, investment and trade energy.
- To discuss political issues such as global terrorism and the refugee crisis.
COUNTRY: MALAYSIA
DATE: 21-22nd November 2015
PRIME MINISTER: Mr. Najib Razak
AREA VISITED: Kuala, Lumpur
PURPOSE OF VISIT:
- To attend the ASEAN-India summit and the 10th East Asia Summit.
- Prime Minister of Malaysia and PM Modi jointly inaugurated the Torana gate.
- Visited Ramakrishna Mission and inaugurated a statue of Swami Vivekananda.
- Interacted with Malay-Indian community.
- Interacted with corporate Malaysia and invited them to invest in India.
COUNTRY: SINGAPORE
DATE: 23-25th November 2015
PRIME MINISTER: Mr. Lee Hsien Loong
AREA VISITED: Singapore
PURPOSE OF VISIT:
- To commemorate the 50th anniversary of India’s and Singapore’s bilateral ties.
- Met several prominent investors from Singapore and invited them to ‘Make in India’.
- Paid homage at the INA Memorial Marker at Esplanade Park.
- Interacted with the Indian community in Singapore.
- Visited ITE where he was briefed about latest technological innovations.
COUNTRY: FRANCE
DATE: 30 Nov- 1st December 2015
PRIME MINISTER: Mr. Manuel Valls
AREA VISITED: Paris
PURPOSE OF VISIT:
- To attend the Leaders event of the COP21 conference to set out India’s strategy to contain global warming.
COUNTRY: RUSSIA
DATE: 23rd -24th December 2015
PRIME MINISTER: Mr.Dmitry Medvedev
AREA VISITED: Moscow
PURPOSE OF VISIT:
- A two day visit that’s a part of the Annual India-Russia summit talks.
- Agenda were signing of big defense deals, expanding economic ties and talks on terrorism.
- PM Modi addressed about 3,000 members of the Indian community at Moscow’s expocentre.
- PM Modi and President Putin discusses the situation in Syria and ways to tackle terrorism.
- 16 agreements were inked between both the countries.
COUNTRY: AFGHANISTAN
DATE: 25th December 2015
PRESIDENT: Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
AREA VISITED: Kabul
PURPOSE OF VISIT:
- Inaugurates the new Afghan parliament building constructed by India
- Delegation-level bilateral talks between the two countries were held at Dilkosha Palace, the Afghan Presidential office
COUNTRY: PAKISTAN
DATE: 25th December 2015
PRIME MINISTER: Nawaz Sharif
AREA VISITED: Lahore
PURPOSE OF VISIT:
- First time an Indian PM has visited the Pakistan in more than a decade.
- Visit is seen as a significant step in improvement of relations.
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