PM Modi meets Indian diaspora on his visit to Thailand

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to Thailand for the BIMSTEC Summit, met with the Indian diaspora in Bangkok. Following the summit, he will head to Sri Lanka for a two-day official visit, marking his first trip to the island nation since 2019.

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00:00The Gujarati dandiya to the folk dance from different states, look at that.

00:11India and all its diversity in Thailand, remember like the panelist who was talking to us just

00:16about a short while ago said, how over two million tourists from India have come to Thailand

00:23in just one year, the past one year.

00:25They are hopeful it will go about three million now, but what an interesting visual here because

00:33each time, this is of course not an isolated event, people getting emotional, overwhelmed,

00:38teary eyes that they've been able to shake hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

00:43It's always a rousing welcome.

00:47And this time as well, remember from 4th to 6th of April, Prime Minister Narendra Modi

00:51will be at the BIMSTEC Summit and will be interacting of course as much with the politicians,

00:57but also the focus will be business, investments and to ensure that with India, each of these

01:05nations can go together and remember this comes right after the announcement by Donald

01:09Trump.

01:11So therefore, the tariff also could possibly be a part of the discussion, meeting the top

01:15delegation that is receiving the Prime Minister.

01:22India and Thailand, remember, share strong cultural, ethnic, historic ties, two countries

01:28have been alliance partners.

01:32After this, Prime Minister Modi will be heading to Sri Lanka, various programs aimed at boosting

01:39India's cooperation and the BIMSTEC countries.

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