Edited by Deepali Verma
The Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji, Biman Prasad, reached New Delhi late on the night of February 4, kicking off his week-long visit to Bharat.
Once he reached the national capital, Biman Prasad received a welcome from the Ministry of External Affairs’ JS Indo Pacific, Paramita Tripathi.
Post his arrival, the official spokesperson of the MEA, Randhir Jaiswal took to X and wrote, “Advancing Bharat-Fiji ties!”
“A warm welcome to Deputy PM @bimanprasad of Fiji upon his arrival in New Delhi on an official visit,” he added.
The Deputy PM of Fiji, additionally serves as the Minister of Finance, Strategic Planning, National Development and Statistics for his country. He became the first foreign leader to visit Ayodhya after the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony on January 22.
His visit to Bharat will span from February 4 to 10, departing on February 11.
His stay will involve meeting the Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs and Education, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh on February 5 as well as with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
Biman Prasad will grace his participation in a programme in the national capital on February 6 and will reach Goa on February 7 for another event.
On February 8, he is scheduled to visit Ayodhya, as stated by the MEA.
On February 9, Prasad will be departing for Ahmedabad, after this he will pay a visit to Gandhinagar.
Biman Prasad had previously visited Bharat in February 2023 which was his first official trip. During that visit, he engaged in a high-level Ministerial Session based on the ‘Strategies for a Sustainable and Decarbonised Future.’ Here, he discussed the urgent need for global action on decarbonisation if the world is to genuinely fight issues like climate change, which has devastating impacts on the lives along with the livelihoods of people in small developing island countries like Fiji.
Biman Prasad further appealed to the developed world to promote affordable technology transfer to facilitate a smooth and economically feasible energy transition.
