President Droupadi Murmu arrived on Wednesday (April 9, 2025) in the second leg of her two-nation State visit, turning into solely the second Indian Head of State to visit the Slovak Republic.
The President landed in Vienna after concluding her State visit to Portugal and took a street route to achieve Bratislava, the capital of Slovakian, in the center of the evening.
During her two-day keep in Slovakia, President Murmu will maintain delegation-level talks and meet with President Peter Pellegrini, Prime Minister Robert Fico and National Council Speaker Richard Rasi.
The final time an Indian President visited Slovakia was 29 years in the past. Murmu turns into solely the second Indian President to visit the Central European Country.
“There are deep connections, especially with Sanskrit studies in Slovakia. Mahatma Gandhi’s works have been translated into Slovak, and Slovakia offered valuable support during the evacuation of Indian students from Ukraine in 2022,” External Affairs Ministry Secretary (West) Tanmaya Lal advised a media briefing on April 4.
India-Slovakia relations are additionally vital in the context of India-EU partnership, he stated.
In truth, Slovakia had joined the European Union on the time when India and EU had launched the strategic partnership, he had stated.
During President Murmu’s time in Slovakia, a key spotlight will likely be her visit to the state-of-the-art Tata Motors Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) facility in Nitra, a testomony to the sturdy industrial ties between the 2 nations.
Inaugurated in 2018 with an funding of 1.4 billion Euros, the JLR plant has a capability to provide 150,000 autos yearly.
The President arrived right here after concluding her two-day State visit to Portugal throughout which she held discussions with the nation’s prime management and engaged with the Indian diaspora, “carrying forward the strong momentum of high level engagements” between the 2 nations.
Lal had stated on April 4, “So with Slovakia also, there is a strong political momentum. At the same time, business engagement is going … there is an exchange of business delegations. There is significant investment by Indian companies in Slovakia in a range of sectors from automobiles and engineering to IT.” There are long-standing protection ties as effectively between the 2 international locations.
Published – April 09, 2025 04:33 am IST
