Modi set for first official visit to New Zealand next week

Modi set for first official visit to New Zealand next week
Indian PM Narendra Modi.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced that Prime Minister Narendra ‌Modi ⁠will ⁠make his first official visit to New Zealand next week.

The two nations enjoy cordial bilateral relations and signed a free trade agreement ⁠in April ‌that will eliminate 95% of ⁠tariffs on goods from New Zealand.

“Prime Minister Modi’s visit is historic, with this being the first to New Zealand ‌by an Indian Prime Minister in 40 years,” Luxon said ⁠in a statement.

Modi is expected to arrived in Auckland on July 10.