UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will pay tributes to the victims of the 26/11 terror attacks at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai on Wednesday on the first day of his three-day visit to Ind🌊ia.
Guterres landed in Mumbai on Wednesday shortly after midnight via a commercial flight from London. He was greeted 🐻by senior Maharashtra governm꧂ent officials on arrival.
He later drove🐭 to the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in south Mumbai, where he will pay tributes to the victims of the 26/11 terror attacks.
The Taj Mahal Palace hotel was one of th☂e targets of♈ the horrific 26/11 terror attacks in 2008.
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Guterres will deliver a public address at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumb𝔉ai on the subject -- "India @75: UN-India Partnership: Strengthening South-South Cooperation&qu♑ot; later in the day, before flying to Gujarat.
It is his firs𒐪t visit to India since his second t🌊erm in office commenced in January. He had earlier visited the country in October 2018 during his first term at the top office.
The UN secretary ge🌳neral will join Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event relating to the Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Eꦏnvironment) in Gujarat's Kevadiya on October 20.
His visit to the country comes more than a week before the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committꦦee holds its two-day deliberations in India.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar would hold bilateral discussions with Guterres on issues of global concern, steps to d𝓡eepen India's engagement with th𓂃e UN, including through the country's upcoming presidency of the G20.
In Kevadiya, Guterres is expected to pay floral tributes atꦡ the Statue of Unity, th🤡e MEA said, adding that he will also visit the country's first solar-powered village in Modhera (Gujarat) and other development projects in the area.
The UN secretary ge💞neral will also vi𒊎sit the Sun temple in Modhera, before departing for his onward destination, the MEA said.
(With PTI Inputs)
