Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds bilateral meetings with visiting leaders of BIMSTEC countries and Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth. In the first of a series of bilateral meetings with foreign leaders, Prime Minister had a warm meeting with President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. Prime Minister Modi also met Mauritius Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth.
The two leaders exchanged views on a range of bilateral issues, including development cooperation. Mr Modi also held bilateral meetings with Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, and Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering. Yesterday, Prime Minister Modi held a bilateral meeting with President of Kyrgyz Republic, Sooronbay Jeenbekov at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
This was his first engagement after being sworn in as Prime Minister for the second term. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also held bilateral meeting with President of Bangladesh Md. Abdul Hamid and exchanged views on matters of mutual interest.