According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), since 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited 58 countries and his foreign tours cost Rs 517.82 crores to the country’s coffers.
The MEA also said that during PM Narendra Modi’s visits to the foreign countries, some major Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) on trade, investment, technology, and defence field was signed.
Reportedly, the country is now increasingly contributing to shaping the global agenda at the multilateral level including on climate change, trans-national crime, and terrorism, cybersecurity and nuclear non-proliferation, and offering to the world its own unique initiatives for global issues like the International Solar Alliance and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure.