“This is an opportunity and a historic moment which should not be missed,” he said.
Mukherjee also met Presidents Hamid Karzai (Afghanistan), Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom (Maldives) and Mahindra Rajapaksa (Sri Lanka).
Besides, Prime Ministers Navinchandra Ramgoolam (Mauritius), Sushil Koirala (Nepal) and Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay (Bhutan) and Speaker of Bangladesh parliament Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury also called on the President.
These leaders had come to India to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Modi as the 15th Prime Minister of the country on May 26.
