World News | Indian Manpower, Skills Will Help Build 'New Kuwait': PM Modi
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the diaspora has filled Kuwait's canvas with the colours of Indian skills and assured that India has the manpower, skills and technology needed by a 'New Kuwait'.
Kuwait City, Dec 21 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the diaspora has filled Kuwait's canvas with the colours of Indian skills and assured that India has the manpower, skills and technology needed by a 'New Kuwait'.
Modi, who is visiting Kuwait at the invitation of Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, was addressing a gathering of the Indian community here.
His visit to Kuwait is the first for any Indian Prime Minister to this Gulf nation in 43 years.
“It takes you four hours to reach here from India but it took four decades for an Indian PM to travel to Kuwait,” he said.
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Greeting the gathering for the series of festivals that would be celebrated over next few weeks, Modi said, “You all have come from different parts of India, but looking at all of you, it feels like a mini India has gathered here.”
“Every year, hundreds of Indians come to Kuwait; you have added Indian touch to Kuwaiti society. You have filled Kuwait's canvas with colours of Indian skills, mixed with the essence of India's talent, technology and tradition,” he added.
India has manpower, skills and technology needed by 'New Kuwait', he added.
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