www.edugeeks.in Persons Visited India in 2014 PDF The King and Queen of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Jetsun Pema Wangchuck Visited India from 6-10 January 2014. It is predicted that this visit of the King and the Queen will help in strengthening and expanding the close bilateral ties of the two countries At the invitation of the President H.E. Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the President of the Republic of Korea H.E. Mme. Park Geun-hye visited to India on January 15-18, 2014. The visit will expand and strengthen the India-Republic of Korea Strategic Partnership. Official Visit of the Prime Minister of Japan to India (January 25-27, 2014), their discussions will add substance and content to the India-Japan Strategic & Global Partnership Shri Hamid Ansari, H.E. the President of Zanzibar, Dr. Ali Mohamed Shein visited India from February 01-09, 2014. During the visit, the President of Zanzibar visited Hyderabad, Bangalore and Mumbai for meeting with industry/business leaders and members of the Tanzanian community The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, H.E. Mr. Joachim Gauck state visited India from 4–9 February, 2014 at the invitation of the President H.E. Shri Pranab Mukherjee The Foreign Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, H. E. Mr Erlan Abdyldaev visited India (1315 February) at the invitation of Shri Salman Khurshid, External Affairs Minister of India Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa viaited India from 18-20 February 2014. During his first visit to India, His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa will meet Hon’ble President and Hon’ble Vice President of India and will hold delegation-level discussions with Hon’ble Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh on bilateral, regional and global issues. Foreign Minister of Kyrgyz Republic, Erlan Abdyldaev visited India from 13 to 15 February 2014 on the invitation of Salman Khurshid HE the Rt Hon David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, Visited India from February 22 to March 2, 2014. During this visit, on February 24, Governor General Johnston will hold discussions with the President, the Vice President and the Prime Minister. External Affairs Minister will also call upon the visiting dignitary. The Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), H.E. Mr. Dmitry Fedorovich Mezentsev, visited New Delhi on February 23 – 24, 2014, at the invitation of Foreign Secretary, Smt. Sujatha Singh Deputy Chairman of the Government of Russian Federation visited India (February 26, 2014) www.edugeeks.in Page 1 www.edugeeks.in Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran visited India (February 27-28, 2014) Visit of President of the General Assembly of the United Nations visited India (March 19-22, 2014) SAARC Countries Leaders visited India on 26 May 2014. They visited India as a part of swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister of India Sushma Swaraj was on a two day visit to Bahrain His Excellency Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Sultanate of Oman visited India on 3 June 2014 to congratulate our new leadership on behalf of the Government of the Sultanate of Oman The Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, H. E. Mr. Wang Yi, visited India on June 08-09, 2014 in the capacity of Special Envoy of the President of China. The objective of the visit is to establish contact with the new Government of India Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convey President Vladimir Putin's greetings to Prime Minister and his desire to work with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to further strengthen and deepen the special and privileged strategic partnership between India and Russia Wang Yi, the Foreign Minister of China was on a two-day long visit to India from 8 June to 9 June 2014, the objective of the visit was to establish contact with the new Government of India led by Narendra Modi. Mr. K. Shanmugam, Minister for Foreign Affairs & Minister for Law of the Republic of Singapore & Dr. (Mrs.) Seetha Shanmugam visited India from June 30 – July 6, 2014. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom, Mr. William Hague and the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. George Osborne visited India from 07-08 July, 2014. Sushma Swaraj was on a three-day visit to Nepal from 25 July to 27 July 2014. During the visit, she co-chaired the meet of Indo-Nepal Joint Commission The World Bank President Jim Yong Kim arrived in New Delhi, India on 21 July 2014 on his three-day visit. During his visit, he will meet Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi for understanding the development priorities in India Sushma Swaraj was on a three-day visit to Nepal from 25 July to 27 July 2014 Swaraj is expected to discuss bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest with the Bahrain leadership in Manama www.edugeeks.in Page 2 www.edugeeks.in The Hon’ble Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development of France, H.E Mr. Laurent Fabius visited India from 30 June-1 July, 2014. During his stay in New Delhi, the Foreign Minister will hold talks with External Affairs Minister, Smt. Sushma Swaraj. Both sides will discuss bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest The Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, H. E. Mr. Wang Yi, will visit India on June 08-09, 2014 in the capacity of Special Envoy of the President of China. The objective of the visit is to establish contact with the new Government of India Visit of Minister for Foreign Affairs & Minister for Law of the Republic of Singapore to India (June 30 - July 6, 2014). The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom, Mr. William Hague and the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. George Osborne visited India from 07-08 July, 2014. External Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj will host US Secretary of State John Kerry in New Delhi from July 30 to August 1, 2014. EAM and Secretary Kerry will co-chair the fifth India-US Strategic Dialogue on July 31 Visit of Prime Minister of Australia to India (September 4-5, 2014) Visit of Foreign Minister of Germany to India (September 6-8, 2014) Foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited India from 6 to 8 September The President Pranab Mukherjee visited the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of social site Facebook arrived in New Delhi on a two day visit to take help of India in connecting people of the world. Prime Minister Visits Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi made his first foreign tour to Bhutan Narendra Modi visited Brazil to attend the 6th BRICS Summit held in Fortaleza, Brazil form 15 July to 16 July 2014 Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi made his second foreign tour to Kathmandu on August 3-4 Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi made his third foreign tour to Japan, Tokyo on August 30-September 3 Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi visited US (New York, Wasington) on September 2630 for General debate of the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly www.edugeeks.in Page 3