Brazil Prez arrives in New Delhi

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold separate talks with Bolsonaro on Saturday. Kovind will also host a banquet for the visiting dignitary.

New Delhi: Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro on Friday arrived at New Delhi airport. He is the chief guest for 71st Republic Day Parade on January 26.

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold separate talks with Bolsonaro on Saturday. Kovind will also host a banquet for the visiting dignitary.

Brazilian presidents have graced the Republic Day Parade in 1996 and 2004. Bolsonaro, a former army captain, won a landslide victory in Brazil's presidential election in October 2018 and took the reins of the country in January last year.

Prime Minister Modi met Bolsonaro on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka in June last year during which a raft of issues of bilateral importance were discussed.

Bolsonaro will address a group of Indian and Brazilian business leaders at the India-Brazil Business Forum on Monday.