India, Paraguay Stand Shoulder To Shoulder In Fight Against Terrorism: PM Modi During Bilateral Meet With Paraguay Prez

India-Paraguay Bilateral Meet: India and Paraguay held bilateral talks in New Delhi on Monday. During the assembly with Paraguayan President Santiago Peña Palacios, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned that India and Paraguay stand “shoulder to shoulder in the fight against terrorism.”

PM Modi added that there’s immense possible for cooperation to struggle not unusual demanding situations like cybercrime, organised crime, and drug trafficking. 

ANI quoted the Prime Minister as pronouncing, “India and Paraguay stand shoulder to shoulder in the fight against terrorism. There is immense potential for cooperation to fight common challenges like cybercrime, organised crime, and drug trafficking. India and Paraguay are an integral part of the Global South. Our hopes, aspirations, and challenges are similar, so we can deal with these challenges effectively by learning from each other’s experiences. We are satisfied that during the COVID pandemic, we were able to share the vaccine made in India with the people of Paraguay.”

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Earlier, PM Modi met with the Paraguay President at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. Before this, the latter paid a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat, laying a wreath on the memorial. 

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) shared the photographs at the social media platform X, pointing out, “Honouring the values of peace and non-violence. President Santiago Pena Palacios of Paraguay paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat today.”

Paraguay President India Visit

The seek advice from of the Paraguay President is a part of his three-day state seek advice from to India, which can conclude on June 4. He arrived in New Delhi on his first state seek advice from to India and was once accorded a ceremonial welcome along side a Guard of Honour at Palam Air Force Station. 

The Ministry of External Affairs, in a observation, knowledgeable that on the invitation of PM Modi, the President of Paraguay might be on a state seek advice from to India from June 2 to 4, 2025. In addition, he’ll be accompanied by means of a high-level delegation, together with Ministers, senior officers, and trade representatives. 

President Peña will even seek advice from Mumbai sooner than returning to Paraguay, and whilst there, he’ll meet the state political management, trade and business representatives, startups, innovators, and tech leaders.

India-Paraguay Diplomatic Relations

The observation of MEA endured to provide an explanation for the diplomatic members of the family between India and Paraguay. The two international locations established diplomatic members of the family on September 13, 1961 and because then have evolved cooperation in sectors, together with agriculture, business, well being, knowledge era, and prescribed drugs.

(with ANI inputs)