King, Queen of Sweden arrive in Delhi on five-day India visit

King Carl
XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden arrived here on Monday on a five-day
India visit.

The King
will have meetings with President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on ways to further boost bilateral ties between the two nations.

Apart from
Delhi, the royal couple is scheduled to visit Mumbai and Uttarakhand. In Delhi,
the King and Queen are scheduled to visit Jama Masjid, Red Fort and Gandhi
Smriti on Monday.

The
bilateral trade volume was USD 3.37 billion in 2018. “Bilateral relations
between India and Sweden are friendly and based on principles of democracy and
transparency, right to freedom, and rule of law. Regular interactions in political,
business, scientific and academic spheres have provided positivity to our
bilateral ties,” the MEA had said