Prez Ram Nath Kovind to leave on 3-nation tour to Greece, Suriname & Cuba today

New Delhi, June 16: President Ram Nath Kovind will leave on a three-nation visit to Greece, Suriname and Cuba today.

 

He will be accompanied by a delegation that includes MoS for Steel Vishnu Deo Sai and Members of Parliament.

The first halt of the nine-day tour will be at Athens, where he will meet Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and other senior members of the Government and the opposition.

In Athens, the President will lay a wreath at the monument of unknown soldiers and visit other places of historical and archaeological importance. Kovind will also address the Indian diaspora.

President will leave for Suriname on Tuesday where he will hold discussions with President Desire Delano Bouterse followed by official-level talks.

A number of agreements and MoUs in the areas of health and medicine, elections, IT, Ayurveda are proposed to be signed.

In the last leg of his tour, the President will reach Cuba on 21st of June. He is scheduled to hold discussions with his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz - Canel Bermudez.

A number of MoUs and Agreements in the areas of Biotechnology, Homeopathy and traditional system of medicine and medical plants would be signed during the visit.