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Indian PM Modi to make first official visit to New Zealand next week
- Modi will arrive in Auckland on July 10, departing a day later
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make a historic first official visit to New Zealand next week, marking the first such visit in 40 years, following a recent free trade agreement.
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- Indian PM Modi's historic visit to New Zealand.
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SYDNEY: New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Friday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his first official visit to New Zealand next week.
The two nations signed a free trade agreement in April that will eliminate 95% of tariffs on goods from New Zealand.
“Prime Minister Modi’s visit is historic, with this being the first to New Zealand by an Indian Prime Minister in 40 years,” Luxon said in a statement.
Modi will arrive in Auckland on July 10, departing a day later.