‘India, Kenya great friends’ — snapshots of Kenyan President’s ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan
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‘India, Kenya great friends’ — snapshots of Kenyan President’s ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan

President Murmu, PM Modi and Union cabinet ministers were present for the ceremonial welcome, along with cabinet secretary and Chief of the Air Staff.

   
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his cabinet colleagues during the ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his cabinet colleagues during the ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

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.

President Murmu with PM Modi at Rashtrapati Bhavan | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
President Droupadi Murmu speaking with Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
President Murmu and PM Modi accompanying Kenyan President William Ruto | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
President of India with Kenyan President Ruto | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Kenyan President Ruto introducing his foreign delegation to President Murmu and PM Modi | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his cabinet colleagues ahead of ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Kenyan President Ruto introducing his foreign delegation to President Murmu and PM Modi | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
PM Narendra Modi and Kenyan President William Ruto | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
President Murmu with PM Modi at Rashtrapati Bhavan | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari at Rashtrapati Bhavan | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Cabinet ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw, Bhupender Yadav and Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba during the ceremonial welcome | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Delhi L-G V.K. Saxena with Union minister Anupriya Patel at Rashtrapati Bhavan | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Cabinet ministers Kiren Rijiju and Sarbananda Sonowal | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Delhi L-G V.K. Saxena with Union Minister Kiren Rijiju and Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
PM Narendra Modi with Kenyan President William Ruto at Hyderabad House in Delhi | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra in conversation with EAM S. Jaishankar at Hyderabad House | Praveen Jain | ThePrint