PM, In Rome, Tweets In Italian Ahead Of G20 Summit

This weekend's G20 summit - to be held in Rome, Italy - will be the first in-person meeting of member nations since the Covid pandemic

Prime Minister Narendra Modi - in Italy on a two-day visit to attend the G20 summit - paid tribute to a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Rome today. A Roma ho avuto l'opportunità di rendere omaggio al Mahatma Gandhi i cui ideali sono fonte di coraggio e ispirazione per milioni di persone in tutto il mondo. pic.twitter.com/NZa5o3tiKp Landed in Rome to take part in the @g20org Summit, an important forum to deliberate on key global issues. I also look forward to other programmes through this visit to Rome. pic.twitter.com/e4UuIIfl7f Wonderful meeting with @EU_Commission President @vonderleyen and @eucopresident Charles Michel. We had wide-ranging talks on deepening the India-EU friendship, particularly in areas such as trade, commerce, culture and the environment. pic.twitter.com/q1c0P6Uf7Y The Joint Meeting of #G20 Finance and Health Ministers has started in Rome. They will discuss how to keep momentum and build on further coordination arrangements between Health and Finance Ministries at global level. #G20Italypic.twitter.com/CchPol0Axe

"In Rome I had the opportunity to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi whose ideals are a source of courage and inspiration for millions of people around the world," the Prime Minister tweeted in Italian today, before posting another tweet with the English translation.

Prime Minister Modi landed in Rome earlier today; he tweeted: "Landed in Rome to take part in the G20 summit - an important forum to deliberate on key global issues. I also look forward to other programmes through this visit to Rome."