Buenos Aires, Jul 5 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Saturday presented the key to the city of Buenos Aires by the chief of the local administration in a special gesture.

Modi is in the Argentine capital for a two-day visit.

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"Honoured to receive the Key to the City of Buenos Aires from Mr. Jorge Macri, Chief of the City Government of Buenos Aires," the prime minister said in an X post.

Earlier in the day, Modi held wide-ranging talks with Argentine President Javier Milei and agreed to diversify two-way trade and ramp up cooperation in defence, critical minerals, pharmaceutical, energy and mining sectors.

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He reached the South American nation on Friday in the third leg of his five-nation tour.

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