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President Patil to leave for Russia, Tajikistan on Wednesday

New Delhi, Tue, 01 Sep 2009 ANI

New Delhi, Sep. 1 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil will leave on a weeklong visit to Russia and Tajikistan from Wednesday.

 

She will be accompanied by Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora and Minister of State for Textiles, Panabaka Lakshmi.

 

Strengthening bilateral ties with these countries will be top of the agenda of the visit.

 

Patil will first go to Moscow and meet Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

 

She is also scheduled to meet the Chairman of the Federation Council and the Speaker of the Duma.

 

Patil and Medvedev will participate in a gala concert in Moscow and witness an Indian cultural performance. The "Year of India" is being celebrated in Russia this year.

 

The President will also meet the Indian community and Friends of India. She will also visit St. Petersburg where she will meet the plenipotentiary representative of the President to the North-West District and visit a Russian School, which teaches Hindi.

 

President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil will be the guest of honour in the Independence Day celebrations of Tajikistan in Dushanbe.

 

This is the first time a foreign dignitary is being given this honour.

 

She will also inaugurate the India-Tajikistan Joint Business Forum apart from her meetings with the Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Prime Minister Oquil Oquilov.

 

Patil will be the first Indian President to visit to Tajikistan. (ANI)

 


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