PM Modi to make first official visit to New Zealand next week
New Zealand is set to welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his first official visit next week, a historic occasion marking the first by an Indian premier in four decades. This visit follows a significant free trade agreement signed in ...
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New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Friday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his first official visit to New Zealand next week.
The two nations signed a free trade agreement in April that will eliminate 95% of tariffs on goods from New Zealand.
"Prime Minister Modi's visit is historic, with this being the first to New Zealand by an Indian Prime Minister in 40 years," Luxon said in a statement.
Modi will arrive in Auckland on July 10, departing a day later.
The two nations signed a free trade agreement in April that will eliminate 95% of tariffs on goods from New Zealand.
"Prime Minister Modi's visit is historic, with this being the first to New Zealand by an Indian Prime Minister in 40 years," Luxon said in a statement.
Modi will arrive in Auckland on July 10, departing a day later.
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