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| President Droupadi Murmu to visit Suriname and Serbia | | | agencies
NEW DELHI, June 2: President Droupadi Murmu will embark on a six-day visit to Suriname and Serbia beginning Sunday to bolster India's bilateral engagement with the two countries. In the first leg of her trip, the President will visit the South American country of Suriname from June 4 to 6. From Surinam, she will travel to Serbia in Europe for the second and final leg of her visit from June 7 to 9. "The President will be in Suriname on a state visit from June 4 to 6 at the invitation of President of Suriname Chan Santokhi. This will be her maiden state visit after she assumed the office of the President," said Saurabh Kumar, Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs.
"The visit assumes historical significance as the President will be the chief guest at the 150th anniversary celebrations of the arrival of Indians in Suriname," he said at a media briefing.
The celebrations are on June 5.
Kumar said the President would be accompanied by Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti,Minister and Rama Devi, a Lok Sabha member of Parliament.
President Murmu will hold talks with her Surinamese counterpart Santokhi and participate in a number of activities to commemorate the arrival of Indians in that country, he said. The visit comes within six months of President Santoki's visit to India in January. Kumar said the Indian community in Suriname acts as the "living bridge" between the two countries.
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