NEW DELHI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go on a five-day three-nation tour of Africa from July 23 during the course of which he will attend this year’s BRICS Summit that will be hosted by South Africa, it was announced on Friday.

Briefing the media here, T.S. Tirumurti, Secretary (Economic Relations) in the External Affairs Ministry, said that Modi will be in Rwanda on July 23-24, in Uganda on July 24-25 and in South Africa from July 25 to 27.

This will be Modi’s second official visit to Africa after his visits to Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya in 2016.

Tirumurti said that with the upcoming tour, India will complete ministerial visits to all African countries under New Delhi’s Africa outreach initiative.

Modi will first stop in Rwanda in what will be the first ever prime ministerial visit from India to the East African nation.

From Rwanda, Modi will reach Uganda on July 24 in what will the first bilateral visit by an Indian prime minister in 21 years.

From Uganda, Modi will reach South Africa on July 25 on the third and last leg of his visit to Africa.

Stating that the visit to South Africa is mainly in the context of this year’s BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Summit, Tirumurti said that Modi will also hold a bilateral meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa.

“This will be the first visit by the Prime Minister to South Africa after the new administration led by President Ramaphosa assumed office in February this year,” he said.