PM Narendra Modi held productive talks with Papua New Guinea counterpart

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Papua New Guinea counterpart held productive talks during the bilateral meeting on Monday in Port Moresby. The two leaders discussed cooperation in Commerce, technology, and healthcare. They also discussed climate change and measures they could take to take care of it.

"Synergising India-Papua New Guinea relations. PM @narendramodi held a fruitful bilateral meeting with PM James Marape. PM Modi expressed his appreciation to PM Marape for co-hosting the FIPIC III Summit in Port Moresby," the Ministry of External Affairs official Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi wrote on Twitter.

After the meeting, PM Modi said that during the talks they discussed full range of bilateral relations between India and Papua New Guinea.

"Prime Minister James Marape and I had very productive talks, covering the full range of bilateral relations between India and Papua New Guinea. We discussed ways to augment cooperation in commerce, technology, healthcare and in addressing climate change," PM Modi tweeted.

According to the Ministry of External Affairs, earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi engaged in discussions with Governor General Bob Dadae of Papua New Guinea at the esteemed Government House in Port Moresby. During the meeting, both parties emphasized the importance of the relationship between India and Papua New Guinea, as well as the developmental partnership shared by the two nations.

Taking to Twitter, the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Arindam Bagchi wrote, "PM @narendramodi starts off the day in Papua New Guinea with a warm conversation with Governor-General Sir Bob Dadae at the historic Government House. Underlined the significance of - ties and development partnership between the two countries."

PM Modi arrived in the Indo-Pacific country on the second leg of his three-country visit.