Executive Narendra Modi on Saturday had a “exceptionally warm gathering” with Pope Francis and welcomed him to visit India. The gathering was planned for just 20 minutes however continued for an hour where they talked about a wide scope of issues, including environmental change and neediness, as indicated by individuals acquainted with the subtleties of the gathering.

Pope John Paul II’s was the last Papal visit to India in 1999 when Atal Bihar Vajpayee was the leader. The greeting for another Papal visit to India has been reached out during PM Modi’s prime ecclesiastical term. He is additionally the primary Indian executive to meet Francis since the last turned into the top of the Catholic Church in 2013.

PM Modi visited Pope in front of G20 Summit facilitated by Italy. The leader was joined by outer undertakings serve S Jaishankar and public safety guide Ajit Doval. 

He likewise met the secretary of condition of the Vatican City State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. 

On Friday, unfamiliar secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that the Vatican had not set a plan for the gathering since the custom isn’t to have a plan when talking about issues with the Pope, adding that India would regard that. 

“I’m certain the issues would cover a scope of spaces of interest as far as the overall worldwide points of view and issues that are critical to us all, Covid-19, medical problems, how we can cooperate, how we can cooperate to keep up with harmony and quietness and this is something that, I think would be the overall pattern in the conversations,” Shringla said during an exceptional preparation on PM Modi’s visit to Italy.