PM Modi’s longest foreign trip in 10 years begins tomorrow: 5 countries in 8 days

Source: Mint | Original Published At: 2025-06-30 11:10:41 UTC

Key Points

• PM Modi's eight-day trip (July 2-9) includes Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, and Namibia.
• First Indian PM visit to Ghana in 30 years and first to Trinidad and Tobago since 1999.
• BRICS Summit participation in Rio de Janeiro, focusing on global governance reform and multilateralism.
• Bilateral talks to strengthen economic, energy, defense, and people-to-people ties across all countries.
• State visit to Brazil includes discussions on trade, technology, and climate action.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a five-nation tour beginning on Wednesday, July 2, to participate in the BRICS Summit in Brazil and expand India’s ties with several key nations of the Global South.

This will be Modi’s longest diplomatic visit in the last ten years. The PM’s eight-day tour, which will last until July 9, will cover two continents and include visits to Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, and Namibia.

Besides Brazil, Modi will visit Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, and Namibia during the trip, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

This is Modi’s second five-nation tour as prime minister. The last such foreign trip was in 2016, when he visited the United States, Mexico, Switzerland, Afghanistan, and Qatar in one go.

Modi undertook a six-nation trip spread across eight days in July 2015 when he visited Russia and five Central Asian countries.

In the first leg of the visit, Modi will visit Ghana from July 2 to 3. This will be the prime minister’s first-ever bilateral visit to Ghana and the first prime ministerial visit from India to Ghana in three decades. During the visit, Modi will hold talks with the president of Ghana to review the strong bilateral partnership and discuss further avenues to enhance it through economic, energy, and defence collaboration.

From Ghana, Modi will travel to Trinidad and Tobago on a two-day visit from July 3 to 4. It will be the first visit by an Indian prime minister to the country since 1999. During the visit, Modi will hold talks with the President of Trinidad and Tobago, Christine Carla Kangaloo, and the Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar. He is also expected to address a joint session of the parliament of the island nation.

In the third leg of his visit, Modi will visit Argentina from July 4 to 5. The prime minister will hold wide-ranging talks with President Javier Milei to further enhance the India-Argentina partnership in key areas, including defence, agriculture, mining, oil and gas, renewable energy, trade, and investment.

In the fourth leg of his visit, Modi will travel to Brazil at the invitation of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The prime minister will visit Brazil from July 5 to 8, 2025, to attend the 17th BRICS summit, followed by a state visit. During the summit, the prime minister will exchange views on key global issues including reform of global governance, peace and security, strengthening multilateralism, responsible use of artificial intelligence, climate action, global health, economic and financial matters.

For the state visit to Brazil, Modi will travel to Brasilia, where he will hold bilateral discussions with President Lula on broadening the strategic partnership between the two countries in areas of mutual interest, including trade, defence, energy, space, technology, agriculture, health, and people-to-people linkages.

In the final leg of his visit, Modi will travel to Namibia. This will be the third ever prime ministerial visit from India to Namibia. During his visit, Modi will hold bilateral talks with President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. He is also expected to deliver an address at the Parliament of Namibia.