German President to visit India from March 22 to 25

NEW DELHI: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit India from March 22 to 25 with an intention to reinforce bilateral ties between both countries.

This will be his first visit to India as the German President.

"The visit is significant as it will be the President's first visit after the new German government was sworn



in yesterday," External Affairs Ministry talking head Raveesh Kumar said.

Steinmeier will be accompanied by a delegation of top German businessmen and ideologists and will visit Varanasi and Chennai.

He had visited India a number of times in his former when he was the Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany.