Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended invitations to the Prime Ministers of Nepal, Bangladesh, and Mauritius, as well as the President of Sri Lanka and the King of Bhutan, for his swearing-in ceremony later this week, sources familiar with the developments informed CNN-News18 on Wednesday.
Narendra Modi invited Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, and Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth for the swearing-in event. Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck were also invited.
Earlier on Wednesday, PM Modi expressed gratitude to these leaders after they congratulated him on the NDA’s victory in the recent Lok Sabha elections. In a series of tweets, he mentioned having phone conversations with the aforementioned leaders.
“I thank Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her warm wishes. India and Bangladesh share historic relations, which have seen unprecedented growth in the last decade. I look forward to working together to further strengthen our people-centric partnership,” PM Modi stated on social media platform X.
He also mentioned speaking to the Bhutanese King, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, and Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth.
“Thank you, Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, for your call and heartfelt wishes. I look forward to continued collaboration between our two countries to further strengthen the special India-Mauritius relationship in my third term,” he said.
“Happy to speak with PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Thanked him for his warm wishes. We reaffirmed our shared commitment to bolster the deep-rooted and multifaceted partnership between India and Nepal, and agreed to sustain the positive momentum in our relations,” he said in another post.
“I thank His Majesty the King of Bhutan for his call and warm wishes. The Bhutan-Bharat partnership is unique and exemplary. I look forward to continuing working together and taking this extraordinary partnership to higher levels,” he said in a separate post.
Global leaders congratulated PM Narendra Modi on the NDA’s electoral victory
Meanwhile, global leaders such as US President Joe Biden, Russian President Vladimir Putin, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, along with dozens of other leaders, congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the NDA’s electoral victory.