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Seoul: Narendra Modi unveils bust of Mahatma Gandhi at Yonsei University

| @indiablooms | Feb 21, 2019, at 02:30 pm

Seoul, Feb 21 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled the  bust of Indian freedom icon Mahatma Gandhi at Yonsei University in Seoul city of South Korea.

Modi is currently on a trip to Seol.

MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted: "Highlighting relevance of Bapu’s message in today's world. PM @narendramodi unveiling the bust of Mahatma Gandhi at the prestigious Yonsei University, Seoul in the presence of President @moonriver365, 1st lady Kim Jung-sook & former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. #Gandhi150."

At the invitation of Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Korea (ROK), Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a State Visit to the Republic of Korea on Feb 21-22.

The visit is part of the new momentum in high-level exchanges between India and ROK which witnessed the visit of President Moon to India for Bilateral Summit in July 2018 and the participation of the Korean First Lady Her Excellency Madame Kim Jung-sook at the Deepotsav event in Ayodhya in November 2018.  


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