New Delhi: Kenyan President William Ruto, who is on a two-day state visit to India, was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan Tuesday by President Droupadi Murmu in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several ministers of the Union Cabinet, besides Chief of the Air Staff V.R. Chaudhari, among others.
Ruto hailed ties between India and Kenya as that of two “great friends” and said he expected the two countries to “consolidate” this relationship.
Later in the day, PM Modi and President Ruto of Kenya held “wide-ranging” bilateral talks at Hyderabad House here aimed at deepening the partnership between the two countries.
This is Ruto’s first visit to India in his present capacity and according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), marks the first Presidential visit from Kenya in six years.
ThePrint’s National Photo Editor Praveen Jain and Suraj Singh Bisht capture the ceremonial welcome accorded to the Kenyan President at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
