New Delhi, Sep 23 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will undertake a state visit of Switzerland from September 30 to October 4 at the invitation of President Micheline Calmy-Rey.
President Patil will also be visiting Austria from October 4 to7 at the invitation of Austrian President Heinz Fischer.
In Switzerland, Patil will have wide-ranging discussions with the Swiss President and other members of the Federal Council (Swiss Cabinet).
She will also unveil the bust of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore at the University of Lausanne on October 4 and witness the signing of a MoU to set up a "Tagore Chair" on Indian Studies between the University and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.
In Austria, her engagements include delegation-level discussions with President Heinz Fischer and meetings with the Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann and Speaker of the Austrian Parliament, Barbara Prammer.
She and her counterpart would address a joint business forum in both Switzerland and Austria. In both countries, she would be meeting with the Indian community.
The forthcoming visit of the President is expected to consolidate existing close and multifaceted relations with both countries.
Swiss President Calmy-Rey had paid a sate visit to India in November, 2007. Austrian President Fischer had visited India in February 2005 - the first ever visit by an Austrian Head of State to India. (ANI)
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