President Droupadi Murmu will embark on a week-long visit to Moldova, North Macedonia and Romania on 19 July to strengthen India’s engagement with the wider Eastern European region, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Friday.
President Murmu will visit Moldova on 20 July at the invitation of the President of Moldova Maia Sandu. This is the first ever visit by an Indian President to Moldova.
She will meet and hold delegation-level talks with her counterpart and other leaders. She will also interact with members of the Moldova-India Parliamentary Friendship Group, address a Business Forum and interact with members of the Indian Community.
At the invitation of President of North Macedonia Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, President Murmu will also visit North Macedonia from 21-22 July. This will be the first ever visit by an Indian President to North Macedonia.
Apart from holding talks with the leadership, she will address the Assembly of North Macedonia. She will also address the India-North Macedonia Business Forum. Both sides are keen to deepen economic ties in priority sectors like agriculture, pharmaceuticals science and technology, IT and ITES.
At the invitation of the President of Romania Nicusor Dan, President Murmu will also visit Romania from 23–25 July. This would be the first visit by the President of India after a gap of over three decades.
During the visit, she will meet Romanian leaders as well as members of the Romania–India Parliamentary Friendship Group. She will also address India-Romania Business Forum and the members of the Indian community.