Noting that his one-day visit was the first to Ireland by an Indian Prime Minister in almost six decades, Mr Modi said it was a historic occasion. Shri Modi referred to the common shared values between the two countries.
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Irish poet W.B. Yeats was a supporter of Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. Ireland has a chance to play a Test match against the lowest ranked Test country in 2017, if they win the on-going Intercontinental Cup. The two sides exchanged views on a broad range of worldwide challenges, including terrorism, radicalization, and the situation in Europe and Asia.
Thanking Ireland’s support was crucial for India-specific exemption from the Nuclear Suppliers Group in 2008, he said “with rapid growth in India’s enormous energy demand, it has opened a big option to pursue a sustainable development path. I have now sought Ireland’s support for India’s membership of the NSG and other global export control regimes”.
Meanwhile media reports suggest that Both Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi would be staying in the same hotel in New York, and hence there are chances of a brief informal meeting between them.
With Irish children welcoming him by reciting Sanskrit shlokas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a dig at secularists back home saying had this been done in India it would have raised questions. In his remarks, the Prime Minister expressed profound admiration for the teachers of these students, as well as for the students, for the high quality of their recitation.
But the clearance came more than a year after the deal was agreed by the defence ministry, highlighting the lack of funds due to a slower-than-expected pick-up in India’s economy and the bureaucratic morass that plagues ties between the countries.
“Although differences of ideology have separated us in the past, we are in the end, and I think that’s what brings you here, the most natural of partners”, Kerry said.
“My understanding is that the President has previously stated that the United States would be supportive of including India in the United Nations Security Council, in the context of reforming the governance structure of the United Nations”, he said. “We are confident the PM is the right person to trust to increase foreign investments for India“, said Lalubhai Parekh, president of the Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP).
Highlighting the role played by Google, Pichai said the company as well as many others around the world are passionate about playing their part.
“Indian entrepreneurs are excited at being taken seriously perhaps for the first time”, Geetika Dayal, executive director of The Indus Entrepreneurs network in Delhi, told AFP.
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India’s social media-addicted prime minister is looking to tap investors’ pockets on the trip.
