{"id":317331,"date":"2019-12-02T04:21:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T04:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=317331"},"modified":"2019-12-02T04:21:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T04:21:17","slug":"swedish-king-queen-arrive-in-delhi-on-five-day-india-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/swedish-king-queen-arrive-in-delhi-on-five-day-india-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish King, Queen arrive in Delhi on five-day India visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-317332 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/royal-couple-sweden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"671\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/12\/royal-couple-sweden.jpg 671w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/12\/royal-couple-sweden-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/12\/royal-couple-sweden-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/12\/royal-couple-sweden-595x420.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/>King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden arrived in Delhi on Monday on a five-day India visit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The visit is taking place at the invitation of President Ram Nath Kovind. This is the Swedish King&#8217;s third visit to India, the earlier visits being in 1993 and 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Apart from official programme in Delhi, the Royal couple is scheduled to visit Mumbai and Uttarakhand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">During the visit, the Swedish King will have meetings with President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister on bilateral and multilateral issues of mutual interest, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">India and Sweden have a bilateral trade turnover of US $ 3.37 billion (2018) and cumulative investments of about US $ 2.5 billion (since year 2000), it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe King will lead a high-level business delegation for engagements with Indian counterparts. Several documents on furthering bilateral engagement are likely to be signed,\u201d the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cBilateral relations between India and Sweden are friendly and based on principles of democracy and transparency, right to freedom, and rule of law. Regular interactions in political, business, scientific and academic spheres have provided dynamism to our bilateral ties,\u201d it said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden arrived in Delhi on Monday on a five-day India visit. The visit is taking place at the invitation of President Ram Nath Kovind. This is the Swedish King&#8217;s third visit to India, the earlier visits being in 1993 and 2005. 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