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Narendra Modi's inbox crowded', many foreign leaders keen to meet him

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a long list of foreign leaders who have expressed a desire to meet him. Addressing the first press conference of the newly elected government, Ministry of External Affairs

Ahead of the Prime Minister's visit to Bhutan, he is expected to meet Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi who is arriving on Sunday.  Wang is visiting India as special envoy of President Xi Jinping on June 8 and 9.

The bilateral discussions with the Chinese leader are expected to be concluded on Sunday as on Monday President Pranab Mukherjee would be delivering his address to the 16th Lok Sabha.

The Indian leadership is also likely to again interact with Pakistan in New York on the sidelines of the UNGA summit.

Besides, the Prime Minister is also expected to attend the East Asia Summit and the ASEAN India summit in November in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.

The G-20 summit is lined up in Brisbane, Australia, on November 15-16, which he is expected to attend. There is also the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Kathmandu in November.

India has more than 20 strategic partners and is part of five multilateral and plurilateral organisations, he added.

Sushma Swaraj is also likely to travel to the US to meet secretary of state John Kerry ahead of the September summit meeting for Indo-US strategic dialogue, said the spokesperson.

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