Netherlands PM Mark Rutte greets PM Modi in Hindi; Modi responds in Dutch
New Delhi, June 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Netherlands counterpart Mark Rutte greeted each other on Friday in a unique manner on social media.
While Modi welcomed Rutte, who is currently visiting India, in Dutch, the latter responded in Hindi on twitter, a release issued here said.
नमस्ते
भारत!
मैं
आपके
सुंदर
और
जीवंत
देश
में
आकर
बहुत
खुश
हूं।
अपनी
यात्रा
और
प्रधानमंत्री
@narendramodi
से
भेंट
को
लेकर
उत्साहित
हूं।
—
Minister-president
(@MinPres)
June
5,
2015
Delhi:
Mark
Rutte,
Prime
Minister
of
the
Kingdom
of
the
Netherlands
meets
PM
Narendra
Modi.
pic.twitter.com/fIi8p3X2Mz
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
June
5,
2015
Rutte also tweeted some pictures of the hockey World Cup match between the two nations in 1973, a statue of Mahatama Gandhi in Amsterdam and Holi celebrations in Hague.
Rutte, who will be in India on June 5 and 6, will hold talks with Modi on various issues. He is accompanied by Foreign Trade Minister Lilianne Ploumen and Agriculture Minister Sharon Dijksma, as also a large business delegation.
IANS