PM Modi set to arrive in Egypt on maiden State visit

New Delhi: After concluding his hugely successful and significant maiden State Visit to the United States, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to arrive in Egypt for his first State visit to the Arab nation.

PM Modi will be accorded a ceremonial welcome and is expected to be received by his Egyptian counterpart Mostafa Madbouly.

On the first day of his visit to Egypt, PM Modi will hold a roundtable with the Egyptian PM and later on, will interact with Indian community. He is also scheduled to meet the grand mufti of Egypt, Dr Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam, and will also interact with Egyptian Thought Leaders.

On the very next day, PM Modi is scheduled to visit Al-Hakim Mosque. The Prime Minister will spend nearly half an hour at the Al-Hakim Mosque. Later on, he will also visit the Heliopolis War Grave cemetery to pay tribute to the Indian soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice fighting for Egypt during the First World War.