Bhubaneswar, Nov 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented a rare and exquisitely crafted Filigree Boat made of pure silver - a fine example of the centuries-old silver filigree art practiced in Cuttack, Odisha to Vice President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo during his three-nation visit.
PM Modi presented global leaders with unique gifts from all corners of the country. Among the gifts presented by Prime Minister Modi, eight were from Maharashtra, five from Jammu and Kashmir, three each from Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan, two from Jharkhand and one each from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and Ladakh.
Notably, PM Modi participated in 31 bilateral meetings and informal interactions with global leaders during his three-nation foreign visit from November 16 to 21.
He held a bilateral meeting in Nigeria, 10 bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Brazil and nine bilateral meetings in Guyana.
In Nigeria, PM Modi held a bilateral meeting with Nigeria n President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
In Brazil, PM Modi held bilateral meetings with leaders of Brazil, Indonesia, Portugal, Italy, Norway, France, the UK, Chile, Argentina and Australia. Amongst the 10 bilateral meetings in Brazil, PM Modi held talks with Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia president; Luis Montenegro, Portugal PM; Keir Starmer, UK PM, Gabriel Boric, Chile President and Javier Milei, Argentina President, as per the statement.
In Brazil, PM also had informal interactions and pullaside meetings with leaders of Singapore, South Korea, Egypt, the US and Spain and with the heads and executives of various international organisations like Ursula von der Leyen, European Union; Antonio Guterres, United Nations; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, World Trade Organization; Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organisation; and Kristalina Georgieva and Gita Gopinath, IMF.
