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Mumbai, Oct 19: On the first day of his three-day visit to India, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres Wednesday paid respect to the victims of the 26/11 terrorist attacks at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai.
Mumbai | United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres pays tribute to the people who lost their lives in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, at the Memorial museum for 26/11 victims at Taj Hotel. pic.twitter.com/TKF0zHLO12
— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2022
Eknath Shinde, the chief minister of Maharashtra, and Devendra Fadnavis, his deputy, accompanied Guterres as he laid a floral wreath at the hotel’s 26/11 attacks memorial.
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis pay tribute to the people who lost their lives in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, at the Memorial museum for 26/11 victims at Taj Hotel.
United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres also paid tribute to them. pic.twitter.com/lo7DuOf2nJ
— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2022
The UN head is making his first trip to India since the start of his second term in office in January. In October 2018 during his first tenure in the position of power, he had previously travelled to the nation.
On Wednesday, shortly after midnight, Guterres arrived in Mumbai after departing from London on a commercial aeroplane. Senior Maharashtra government officials welcomed him when he arrived.
One of the horrifying 26/11 terrorist strikes’ targets in 2008 was the Taj Mahal Palace hotel.
On October 20, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment) event in Gujarat’s Kevadiya along with the UN secretary general.
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He arrives to the nation more than a week before the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee meets in India for two days of discussions. Jaishankar, the minister of external affairs, and Guterres would have private talks about world issues and ways to strengthen India’s engagement with the UN, especially through the nation’s future G20 chairmanship.
According to the MEA, Guterres would likely leave floral tributes at the Statue of Unity in Kevadiya and also visit other nearby development projects and the nation’s first solar-powered village in Modhera, Gujarat.
Before leaving Mumbai for Singapore late on Thursday night, the UN secretary general would also visit the Sun Temple in Modhera, an official said.
