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President Ram Nath Kovind meets Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, Prime Minister of
Republic of Guinea at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi (March 18, 2019)
VISIT OF PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA
(MARCH 16-25, 2019)
D
r Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, the Prime Minister of the
Republic of Guinea visited India to attend the 14th
edition of CII EXIM Bank Conclave on India Africa Project
Partnership. He also called on the President of India, Shri
Ram Nath Kovind, at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Welcoming the
Prime Minister of Guinea and his delegation to India, the
President said that recent high-level visits have imparted
a new momentum to India-Guinea bilateral ties. He
VISIT OF VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA TO
INDIA (MARCH 16-20, 2019)
expressed confi dence that this visit will mark yet another
high point. The President was happy to note that India is
among the top trading partners of Guinea. He said that
India-Guinea bilateral trade in 2017-18 reached almost
US$ 900 million, representing an increase of nearly 40
percent from the previous year. He said that both sides
must continue to work to see how we can further enhance
bilateral trade in the coming years.
VISIT OF MINISTER OF STATE FOR
FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SAUDI ARABIA TO
INDIA (MARCH 11, 2019)
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The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu
Bawumia meeting the Vice President, Shri M.
Venkaiah Naidu, in New Delhi on March 19, 2019.
H
.E Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice
President of the Republic of Ghana
visited India to attend the 14th edition of
CII EXIM Bank Conclave on India Africa
Project Partnership.
inister of State for Foreign Aff airs of
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His
Excellency Adel bin Ahmed Al Jubeir paid an
offi cial visit to India on 11 March 2019 as a
follow up of the visit of His Royal Highness
the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Minister Al
Jubeir met and held discussions with External
Aff airs Minister Sushma Swaraj on the entire
gamut of bilateral relations. They took note
of signifi cant developments after the visit of
His Royal Highness to India. EAM reiterated
that an immediate irreversible and verifi able
action to dismantle terror infrastructure is
essential to fi ght the menace of terror. It was
agreed that the Strategic Partnership Council would be set up at the earliest.
The gesture from the Saudi side to increase the Hajj Quota to 2,00,000
and Royal pardon to 850 Indian Prisoners was highly appreciated.
78 • Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist • Vol 7 • Issue 4 • April-May 2019, Noida