Prime Minister Modi will attend the G20 Summit being hosted by Brazil in Rio de Janeiro
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin a three-nation visit to Nigeria, Brazil, and Guyana from November 16-21, 2024, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Tuesday (November 12, 2024).

The visit is significant since it will be the first time an Indian Prime Minister is travelling to Guyana since 1968. On the other hand, this will be the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Nigeria in 17 years. 

In Brazil, Prime Minister Modi will attend the G20 Summit being hosted by President Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva. India is part of the G20 Troika (past, current, and incoming presidencies) along with Brazil and South Africa and has been actively contributing to the ongoing G20 Summit discussions.

The Nigeria leg of the visit on November 16-17 will see the Prime Minister hold talks to review the strategic partnership between India and Nigeria and discuss further avenues to enhance the bilateral relationship. He will also address a gathering of the Indian community in Nigeria. 

India and Nigeria have been strategic partners since 2007 with growing economic, energy and defence collaboration. More than 200 Indian companies have invested over USD 27 billion in important sectors in Nigeria. India and Nigeria also share a strong development cooperation partnership.

Prime Minister Modi’s next stop will be Rio de Janeiro on November 18-19, where he will attend the G20 Summit being hosted by Brazil. During the Summit, Prime Minister Modi will put forward India’s positions on various issues of global importance and build on the outcomes from the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration and Voice of the Global South Summits which were hosted by India in the past two years, the MEA stated. He is expected to meet several leaders on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.

Prime Minister Modi will undertake a State Visit to Guyana from 19-21 November, 2024 at the invitation of President Mohamed Irfaan Ali. President Ali had visited India as the Chief Guest at the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, in 2023, when he was also awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman.

The Prime Minister’s engagements in Guyana include holding discussions with President Ali, meeting other senior leaders of Guyana, addressing the Parliament of Guyana and addressing a gathering of the Indian diaspora. While in Georgetown, Prime Minister Modi will also participate in the Second CARICOM-India Summit and hold meetings with leaders of CARICOM member countries to further enhance India’s long-standing friendship with the region.