Narendra Modi interacts with European lawmakers

Gandhinagar, 9 February 2013

Chief Minister Narendra Modi today morning participated in the 10th Corporate Culture and Spirituality, India Conference in Bangalore through Skype and interacted with top lawmakers from various European nations like Belgium, Germany, Britain and Russia. Noted spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar also joined the interaction. The lawmakers invited Shri Modi to attend the European Parliament that will convene in Brussels in November this year. The Parliament will be attended by representatives of over 27 nations. He also received an invitation to attend the European Business Meet in Brussels later this year.

The political figures who interacted with Shri Modi are Mr. Joe Leinen (German politician from the SPD and member of the European Parliament who heads the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety in the Parliament), Mr. Nirj Deva (Member of the European Parliament and politician of Britain’s Conservative Party), Ms. Anne Marie Lizin (the Honorary President of the Belgian Senate) and Mr. Vladislav Yurchik (leader of “Communist of Russia and Deputy of the Russian Parliament, ‘Duma’), Mr. Valery Sargienko (Member of Siberia’s Legislative Assembly and leader of Communist Party).

Along with the discussion on Gujarat’s initiatives and achievements, during the interaction, Shri Modi pointed out that Gujarat is working on a Rama trail from Gujarat to Sri Lanka and proposed a similar Buddha trail from Sri Lanka to Gujarat.

The Chief Minister pointed out that Gujarat and Russia enjoy a very old relation. He said that Astrakhan province of Russia is a sister state to Gujarat and had sent a delegation to attend the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2013. He stated that hundreds of thousands of flamingos from Siberia come to Gujarat every year and form a flamingo city, to which he extended an invitation.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji said that Gujarat has progressed immensely and that there is so much peace and progress under the leadership of Shri Narendra Modi.