In pics: PM Modi, President Kovind host world leaders for International Solar Alliance

WION Web Team

New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaUpdated: Mar 10, 2018, 04:01 PM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind, First Lady of India Savita Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and PM Narendra Modi receive President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena. Photograph:(ANI)

Ahead of the International Solar Alliance, Prime Minister Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind welcomed the heads of various governments participating in the event.

The heads of the state were welcomed at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi.

PM Modi meets President of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou. (ANI)

PM Narendra Modi meets President of Nauru, Baron Waqa. (ANI)

PM Narendra Modi meets President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. (ANI)

PM Modi meets Vice President of Côte d'Ivoire, Daniel Kablan Duncan. (ANI)

PM Narendra Modi meets Prime Minister of Chad, Albert Pahimi Padacké. (ANI)

Governor-General of Australia Peter Cosgrove & his wife Lynne Cosgrove arrive at the Rashtrapati Bhavan (ANI)

President Ram Nath Kovind, First Lady of India Savita Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and PM Narendra Modi receive President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena. (ANI)

President of Nauru, Baron Waqa being welcomed at the Rashtrapati Bhavan by President Ram Nath Kovind, First Lady of India Savita Kovind, PM Narendra Modi and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. (ANI)

#WATCH: President Ram Nath Kovind, First Lady of India Savita Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and PM Narendra Modi receive President of France #EmmanuelMacron and his wife Brigitte Macron. #InternationalSolarAlliance pic.twitter.com/KvaAL7ROUq
— ANI (@ANI) March 10, 2018

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— ANI (@ANI) March 10, 2018