PM Modi leaves for Mexico after wrapping up US visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for Mexico for the fifth and final leg of his five-nation tour after wrapping up his visit to the US.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for Mexico for the fifth and final leg of his five-nation tour after wrapping up his visit to the US.
“After two days of a fruitful USA visit, PM @narendramodi emplanes for Mexico,” the PMO tweeted on Thursday.
“Thank you again America! A successful visit ends as PM @narendramodi takes the long way home, via Mexico City,” ministry of external affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted.
Modi addressed the joint session of the US Congress and attended a reception hosted jointly by the Foreign Relations Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate as well as the India Caucus before emplaning for Mexico for the final leg of his five-nation tour that also took him to Afghanistan, Qatar and Switzerland.
He and US President Barack Obama held bilateral talks following which a number of agreements signed, including one on US firm Westinghouse building six nuclear power plants in India.
