President Droupadi Murmu today embarked on a three-nation visit to Moldova, North Macedonia and Romania. On the first leg of her visit, President Murmu will reach Moldova.

 

This will be the first-ever visit by an Indian president to Moldova. During her visit, the president will meet and hold delegation-level talks with her counterpart Maia Sandu.

 

She will also meet the president of the Parliament, Igor Grosu. She will also have interaction with members of the Moldova-India Parliamentary Friendship Group, address a business forum and have interactions with the members of the Indian community.

 

In the second leg of the visit, President Murmu will be in North Macedonia from July 21st to July 22nd. This will also be the first-ever visit by an Indian President to North Macedonia.

 

Murmu will hold bilateral talks with President Siljanovska-Davkova, meet the prime minister and the president of the assembly, and also address the Assembly of North Macedonia. She will also address the India-North Macedonia Business Forum.

 

Both sides have a keen interest in deepening economic ties in priority sectors such as agriculture, pharmaceuticals, science and technology, Information Technology (IT), and IT-enabled Services (ITeS).

 

In the final stretch of her three-nation tour, Murmu will visit Romania from July 23-25 .

 

This would be the first visit by the president of India, after a gap of over three decades, to the Southeastern European country.

 

During the visit, Murmu will meet the president, the interim prime minister, and the president of the Senate, as well as members of the Romania-India Parliamentary Friendship Group. She will also address the India-Romania Business Forum and interact with the members of the Indian community.

 

The visit is expected to provide fresh momentum to India’s bilateral ties with the three countries, with a focus on expanding cooperation in trade, investment, technology, innovation, education and people-to-people exchanges.