Question: Recently Prime Minister of India was on an official visit to Belgium, US and Saudi Arabia. During this where did he attend the 4th Nuclear Security Summit?
(a) Brussels
(b) Washington D.C
(c) Riyadh
(d) New York
Ans (b)
Related facts:
- Prime Minister of India was on an official visit to Belgium, US and Saudi Arabia on 30 March 2016 -3 April 2016.
- Prime Minister was on his first official visit to Brussels, Begium on 30 March 2016.
- Belgium is India’s second largest trade partner within the EU (European Union). EU is India’s leading trade and investment partner and biggest export destination.
- During his vsit he attented the 13th India-EU Summit at the invitation of the President of the European Council, Mr. Donald Tusk and the President of the European Commission, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker.
- India-EU Summit was started in early 2000.
- The last summit was held in New Delhi in 2012.
- The Prime Minister held a bilateral Summit meeting with Belgium at the invitation of the Belgian Prime Minister Mr. Charles Michel
- The two prime Minister agreed to cooperate in the field of counter terrorism, renewable energy, biotechnology, shipping, ICT and taxation.
- From March 31 to April 1, 2016 Prime Minister was on the visit to the United States Of America.
- The Prime Minister also attended the 4th Nuclear Security Summit on March 31 and April 1, 2016 at Washington D.C.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi was an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 2-3 April, 2016 at the invitation of King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.
- This is the highest-level visit from India to Saudi Arabia after the visit of the then Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to Riyadh in 2010.
- Saudi Arabia has become India’s 4th largest partner with bilateral trade exceeding US$ 39 billion in 2014-15.
- On 2 April 2016 prime minister visited the residential compound of L & T personnel in Riyadh.
- On 3 April 2016 the Prime Minister visited First All-Women technology services center established by TCS in Riyadh.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour, “the King Abdulaziz Sash” by the Saudi Arabia king Salman Bin Abdulaziz.
Reference:
http://www.mea.gov.in/outoging-visit-detail.htm?26561/Visit+of+Prime+Minister+to+Belgium+March+30+2016
http://www.mea.gov.in/outoging-visit-detail.htm?26576/IndiaEU+Joint+Statement+on+the+13th+IndiaEU+Summit+Brussels
http://www.mea.gov.in/outoging-visit-detail.htm?26574/IndiaBelgium+Joint+Statement+during+the+visit+of+Prime+Minister+to+Belgium+March+30+2016
http://www.mea.gov.in/outoging-visit-detail.htm?26583/Transcript+of+Media+Briefing+by+Official+Spokesperson+in+Washington+DC+on+visit+of+Prime+Minister+to+USA+March+31+2016
http://www.mea.gov.in/outoging-visit-detail.htm?26569/Transcript+of+Media+Briefing+on+Prime+Ministers+visit+to+Belgium+US+and+Saudi+Arabia+March+28+2016
http://www.mea.gov.in/outoging-visit-detail.htm?26560/Visit+of+Prime+Minister+to+USA+for+the+Nuclear+Security+Summit+31+March++01+April+2016
http://www.mea.gov.in/outoging-visit-detail.htm?26562/Official+Visit+of+Prime+Minister+to+the+Kingdom+of+Saudi+Arabia+April+23+2016
http://www.mea.gov.in/outoging-visit-detail.htm?26594/List+of+AgreementsMOUs+signed+during+the+visit+of+Prime+Minister+to+Saudi+Arabia+April+03+2016
http://www.mea.gov.in/outoging-visit-detail.htm?26595/IndiaSaudi+Arabia+Joint+Statement+during+the+visit+of+Prime+Minister+to+Saudi+Arabia+April+03+2016
http://www.narendramodi.in/pm-modi-conferred-saudi-arabia-s-highest-civilian-honour-the-king-abdulaziz-sash-439952