Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Pope Francis in the Vatican City during a visit to Italy, where he will also participate in the first in-person G20 summit since the beginning of the pandemic. The October 29-31 meetings in Italy will be followed by Mr. Modi’s participation at the COP26 summit in Glasgow, where he will hold several bilateral meetings apart from working towards a “balanced outcome” in the climate talks.
The meeting between His Holiness Pope Francis and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will take place on Saturday, October 30. The Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council stated on Wednesday that Narendra Modi will have an informal meeting with Pope Francis during his Europe visit beginning Friday.
Describing it as a “historic meeting”, Cardinal Alenchery stated that it will “add more energy and warmth to the relations between our country and the Vatican and the Catholic Church.” Modi will be travelling to Rome and Glasgow from October 29 to November 2 to attend the G-20 Summit and the World Leaders’ Summit of COP-26 respectively.
“Over the next few days, I will be in Rome, the Vatican City and Glasgow to attend important multilateral gatherings like the G20 and COP26. There would also be various bilateral and community-related programmes during the visit,” Mr. Modi said in a pre-departure message.
