President Murmu interacts with Indian community in Algerian capital

The Government of India and the Indian society have always valued and appreciated the contribution of the Indian community in enhancing India's position, prestige and standing abroad, President Droupadi Murmu said here in the Algerian capital.

Murmu reached here on Sunday evening on the first leg of her three-nation visit making it the first-ever visit by an Indian Head of State to deepen India-Africa ties.

President Murmu is slated to meet Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Monday.

She is also likely to visit the King Abdulla Science and Technology Centre built by an Indian firm Shapoorji Pallonji.

Earlier, soon after her arrival at the capital Algiers on Sunday evening, she interacted with the Indian community. President Droupadi Murmu graced an Indian Community Reception in Algiers. The President said that the Indian community in Algeria was a bridge taking forward India's interests and soft power, said a post from Rashtrapati Bhavan on X.

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