Indian president, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, arrived in The Gambia on Tuesday for a two-day working visit to the West African nation.
He was received on arrival at the Banjul International airport by his Gambian counterpart, President Adama Barrow, senior government officials and the Indian community in The Gambia.
President Shri Ram Nath Kovind will call on President Barrow at State House today Wednesday where they had a Tete-a-Tete discussion and later in the day address the National Assembly of the Gambia.
President Kovind will tomorrow Thursday inaugurate an exhibition on Mahatma Ghandi and Khadi at Ebunjan Theatre.
President Kovind’s visit “is the single most high profile visit by Indian Head of State to The Gambia and other West African countries”.
The visit is said to be motivated by what has been called, “excellent commercial and bilateral relations between The Gambia and India”.
